English 1109 self test
Write Psalm 133:1.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Write the plan for persuasive paragraphs.
Develop by using facts or reasons. Place the supportive sentences in order of importance. Add a clincher sentence.
Write the plan for expository paragraphs.
Develop by using facts, examples, or steps. Place facts and examples in order of importance. Place steps in chronological order.
Write the plan for narrative paragraphs.
Develop by using sensory details, facts, or examples. Place the supportive sentences in chronological order.
Write the plan for descriptive paragraphs.
Develop by using sensory details. Place the supportive sentences in spatial order.
Order that names things as they would happen in time is __________________________ order.
chronological
Steps and events are placed in ____________________ order.
chronological
A/An _______________________ paragraph describes something.
descriptive
When the topic sentence is the last sentence in a paragraph, it serves to add ________________ or __________________.
emphasis, suspense
Support sentences can be developed by: __________________________, _________________________, _______________________, __________________________.
examples, facts, reasons, details
A/An _______________________ paragraph explains something or tells how to do something.
expository
There are __________________ basic kinds of paragraphs.
four
List four ways in which a believer can be influential as a city councilman.
he is able to oppose evil, he can lift up a standard of right, he can influence other council members, he can represent Godly salt
Facts, examples, and reasons are placed in order of ___________________________.
importance
Order of _________________________ lists things from general to specific, or least important to most important.
importance
When the topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph, its purpose is to ___________________ the topic immediately.
introduce
A/An _______________________ paragraph tells a story.
narrative
A paragraph is a group of sentences about ______________________ topic.
one
A/An _______________________ paragraph states an opinion.
persuasive
A topic sentence in the middle of a paragraph ties together two _____________________ but ____________________ ideas.
related, different
Most paragraphs have a topic ____________________, several ______________________ sentences, and a ________________ sentence.
sentence, support, clincher
Order that describes things in a direction our eyes would follow is ____________________________ order.
spatial
Sensory details are placed in ______________________ order.
spatial
