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TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT
WRITING PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE # 2:
Applying knowledge and use of persuasive writing strategies such as thesis, purpose, audience, point of view, support (details, facts, reasons, examples and descriptions), organization, word choice and sentence structure.
DIRECTIONS: Answer each of the questions that follow by indicating the best of the four available options.
1) The best type of sentence to state the thesis is
a) Interrogative (question).
b) Exclamatory (exclaiming).
c) Declarative (statement).
d) Imperative (command).
2) Opening techniques for the first paragraph to catch the reader’s interest might be
a) Five sentences about the author.
b) Direct and to the point.
c) A brief story or anecdote.
d) Both b and c
3) The topic of an essay is
a) The same as the thesis.
b) Important to the writer.
c) Directly connected to the purpose and audience.
d) None of the above.
4) A persuasive essay can take the form of
a) An editorial.
b) A review.
c) A critique.
d) All of the above.
5) The order of paragraphs should always be
a) Unimportant.
b) Logical.
c) Written as it was in the first draft.
d) Longest to shortest.
6) To develop the thesis the writer should feel free to utilize
a) Facts and examples.
b) Incidents and reasons.
c) Comparisons and contrasts.
d) All of the above.
7) The ending of a persuasive essay should always
a) Draw a conclusion.
b) Be repetitious.
c) Suggest that the opposite view might be correct.
d) Begin with ‘in conclusion’.
8) The writer of a persuasive essay
a) Must always feel strongly about her point of view.
b) Should go through a writing process of drafting and
revising.
c) Must ignore any notions of her audience.
d) Should always try to shock her audience.
9) Persuasive wording must always
a) Be appropriate only to the writer.
b) Be appropriate only to the audience.
c) Be appropriate only to the purpose.
d) Be appropriate to the writer, audience and purpose.
10) Sentence structure in a persuasive essay
a) Should be uniform in number of words.
b) Should be developed to convince the audience.
c) Is very unimportant.
d) Must vary from paragraph to paragraph.