Grade 4 English Writing | Comprehension of Informational Texts

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English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 4 Writing - Comprehension (Informational Text) (Questions)

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Reading and writing informational texts have a connection. Since they include the same elements, students should benefit from reading informational texts when writing them. Evidence and support should be included in these texts. Writing an essay follows a specific format. In this quiz, the student will answer questions about what should be included when they are writing informational texts or essays.

How should an informational text or essay begin?

[ ]	With the thesis statement
[ ]	With the main ideas
[ ]	With evidence
[ ]	With an attention-grabbing statement

What should be included in the thesis statement of an essay?

[ ]	Technical or specific vocabulary words
[ ]	An explanation of the evidence
[ ]	Evidence and support for the topic
[ ]	What will be included in the rest of the essay

Each of the three body paragraphs in an essay begins with what?

[ ]	The main idea of the paragraph
[ ]	An explanation of how the evidence relates to the topic
[ ]	Evidence and the citing where it came from
[ ]	An attention-grabbing statement

What is included in the body paragraphs that directly support the main idea?

[ ]	Explanations
[ ]	Evidence
[ ]	Conclusions
[ ]	Thesis statements

Which of the following could be evidence in a body paragraph?

[ ]	Results of a study
[ ]	A conclusion
[ ]	A descriptive sentence
[ ]	A rewritten statement of the main idea

What needs to happen in a body paragraph after the evidence is stated?

[ ]	The student needs to explain what will be included in the rest of the essay
[ ]	The student needs to rewrite the main idea in different words
[ ]	The student needs to state more evidence
[ ]	The student needs to explain the evidence

How do you cite evidence?

[ ]	You explain why the evidence is important to the essay
[ ]	You explain what the evidence means
[ ]	You write when you found this evidence
[ ]	You give credit to the author

What should be the last sentence in a body paragraph?

[ ]	A conclusion
[ ]	An introduction
[ ]	The evidence
[ ]	Technical vocabulary

What should NOT be included in a concluding paragraph?

[ ]	A rewritten thesis statement
[ ]	New ideas
[ ]	A summary of the main ideas
[ ]	A transition or connecting word

10.

If you are writing an essay about a historical event, why would certain vocabulary words be included in it?

[ ]	Because the reader would like to read those words
[ ]	Because it would prove the claim that the author is making
[ ]	Because it would make the essay sound better
[ ]	Because it would be including terms and proper nouns from that historical event

English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 4 Writing - Comprehension (Informational Text) (Answers)

How should an informational text or essay begin?

[ ]	With the thesis statement
[ ]	With the main ideas
[ ]	With evidence
[x]	With an attention-grabbing statement

Informational texts should begin with an attention-grabbing statement

What should be included in the thesis statement of an essay?

[ ]	Technical or specific vocabulary words
[ ]	An explanation of the evidence
[ ]	Evidence and support for the topic
[x]	What will be included in the rest of the essay

The thesis statement is usually found as the last sentence in the introductory paragraph of an essay

Each of the three body paragraphs in an essay begins with what?

[x]	The main idea of the paragraph
[ ]	An explanation of how the evidence relates to the topic
[ ]	Evidence and the citing where it came from
[ ]	An attention-grabbing statement

Each body paragraph will include a different main idea to support the thesis statement

What is included in the body paragraphs that directly support the main idea?

[ ]	Explanations
[x]	Evidence
[ ]	Conclusions
[ ]	Thesis statements

The evidence is usually cited and is sometimes the second sentence of the paragraph

Which of the following could be evidence in a body paragraph?

[x]	Results of a study
[ ]	A conclusion
[ ]	A descriptive sentence
[ ]	A rewritten statement of the main idea

The results of a study or data would be sufficient evidence in an essay

What needs to happen in a body paragraph after the evidence is stated?

[ ]	The student needs to explain what will be included in the rest of the essay
[ ]	The student needs to rewrite the main idea in different words
[ ]	The student needs to state more evidence
[x]	The student needs to explain the evidence

The evidence should be explained in great detail

How do you cite evidence?

[ ]	You explain why the evidence is important to the essay
[ ]	You explain what the evidence means
[ ]	You write when you found this evidence
[x]	You give credit to the author

Credit must be given to the author to avoid plagiarism

What should be the last sentence in a body paragraph?

[x]	A conclusion
[ ]	An introduction
[ ]	The evidence
[ ]	Technical vocabulary

The conclusion sentence is the last sentence in a paragraph

What should NOT be included in a concluding paragraph?

[ ]	A rewritten thesis statement
[x]	New ideas
[ ]	A summary of the main ideas
[ ]	A transition or connecting word

Since the concluding paragraph wraps up the essay, it should not contain new ideas

10.

If you are writing an essay about a historical event, why would certain vocabulary words be included in it?

[ ]	Because the reader would like to read those words
[ ]	Because it would prove the claim that the author is making
[ ]	Because it would make the essay sound better
[x]	Because it would be including terms and proper nouns from that historical event

Specific words pertaining to the historical event would be expected to be used in an essay