Writing Practice Questions Flashcards

In a narrative writing task, which sentence best uses sensory detail to show rather than tell?

Answer: The damp room swallowed every sound, and my breath caught as a floorboard groaned.

Sensory details and specific imagery show the emotion instead of naming it directly.

A prose-constructed response on PARCC asks you to analyze two texts. What must you primarily include?

Answer: Textual evidence from both passages to support your analysis

PARCC prose-constructed responses require text-based evidence drawn from the provided passages.

Which transition word best signals a contrast between two ideas?

Answer: However

'However' signals a contrast or opposing idea between two statements.

When writing an argumentative essay, the strongest thesis statement does which of the following?

Answer: States a clear, debatable claim

A strong thesis makes a clear, arguable claim that the essay then supports.

Which revision corrects the run-on sentence: 'The storm grew stronger we decided to leave early'?

Answer: The storm grew stronger, so we decided to leave early.

Adding a comma and the conjunction 'so' joins the two independent clauses correctly.

In a research simulation task, citing where information comes from is important because it:

Answer: Gives credit to sources and strengthens credibility

Citing sources credits authors and makes the writer's claims more credible.

Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?

Answer: She likes reading, writing, and jogging.

Parallel structure keeps items in a list in the same grammatical form, here all gerunds.