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  • What type of writing explains how to do something.
    expository
  •  15
  • What type of writing tells a story? The story can be real or imaginary.
    Narrative
  •  15
  • What type of writing describes a person, a place or an event?
    descriptive
  •  20
  • A true story about the life of a famous person is called a:
    biography
  •  10
  • When a person writes the story of his or her own life, it is called:
    autobiography
  •  15
  • What is the Latin translation of "bio"?
    life
  •  15
  • What is the Latin translation of "auto"
    self
  •  20
  • What kind of writing tries to convince other people of something?
    persuasive
  •  20
  • In an essay, where does the conclusion go?
    at the end
  •  5
  • Writing directions is an example of a) descriptive b) expository c) persuasive
    b) expository
  •  15
  • The story of the life of Abraham Lincoln, written by James E. Smith, is an example of a(n) a) nonfiction b) autobiography c) biography
    biography
  •  20
  • A letter trying to convince the school director that students should be allowed an extra 15 minutes to arrive in school is an example of what kind of writing? a) persuasive b) explanatory c) descriptive
    persuasive
  •  15
  • What do we call the writing of a book report broken up into different sections on a single piece of paper?
    one-pager
  •  20
  • Name three things you should always include in a book report.
    name of book, genre, author, main idea, main characters, setting
  •  20
  • The ? names the character, book, and author. a) introduction b) topic sentence c) conclusion
    topic sentence
  •  15
  • What are three sections of an essay?
    introduction, body, conclusion
  •  25