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

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Students should practice writing in their spare time. They should write about different topics and for different audiences. Even the purposes should be different. When students write for a variety of time periods, this will help when a teacher gives them an assignment. In this quiz, students will answer questions about writing for certain tasks, purposes and audiences.

1. If you are writing a short story, what is its intended purpose?
[ ] To express a feeling
[ ] To inform
[ ] To persuade
[ ] To entertain
2. If a teacher asks a student to conduct a research project, how long will this take?
[ ] A week
[ ] A half hour
[ ] A day
[ ] Ten minutes
3. If you wrote an informative essay about a science concept you are studying in class, who would be the audience of your essay?
[ ] Your classmates
[ ] Young children
[ ] Elderly women
[ ] Your grandparents
4. In your class, you are learning about ways to express your opinion. What would your task most likely be?
[ ] To write a poem
[ ] To write a short story
[ ] To write an informative essay
[ ] To write a persuasive essay
5. What would a student need to do after writing their first draft of a formal writing assignment?
[ ] Publish their work
[ ] Write their final draft
[ ] Organize their ideas
[ ] Revise their work
6. Sarah is writing about the battle that ended the American Revolutionary War. What is the purpose of Sarah's writing?
[ ] To inform
[ ] To entertain
[ ] To persuade
[ ] To express a feeling
7. You are writing about the expensive present you would like for your birthday. Who is your audience?
[ ] Your younger sisters and brothers
[ ] Your classmates
[ ] Your friends
[ ] Your parents
8. You are writing about the characters and the problem the characters encounter. How is the writing probably written?
[ ] As an informative essay
[ ] As a short story
[ ] As a letter
[ ] As a persuasive essay
9. Which type of writing could take place during a short timeframe?
[ ] A chapter of a story
[ ] A narrative rhyming poem
[ ] A letter
[ ] A 1,000 word essay
10. You are writing to inform your readers. What are you most likely writing?
[ ] A short story
[ ] A poem
[ ] An essay
[ ] An advertisement
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English Language: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Grade 4 Writing - Writing Skills (Answers)
1. If you are writing a short story, what is its intended purpose?
[ ] To express a feeling
[ ] To inform
[ ] To persuade
[x] To entertain
Short stories are usually written to entertain their readers
2. If a teacher asks a student to conduct a research project, how long will this take?
[x] A week
[ ] A half hour
[ ] A day
[ ] Ten minutes
A research project would take an extended period of time to do
3. If you wrote an informative essay about a science concept you are studying in class, who would be the audience of your essay?
[x] Your classmates
[ ] Young children
[ ] Elderly women
[ ] Your grandparents
Since this information would be about a concept you study in class, the classmates would be the audience
4. In your class, you are learning about ways to express your opinion. What would your task most likely be?
[ ] To write a poem
[ ] To write a short story
[ ] To write an informative essay
[x] To write a persuasive essay
Students would write persuasive essays to give their opinions
5. What would a student need to do after writing their first draft of a formal writing assignment?
[ ] Publish their work
[ ] Write their final draft
[ ] Organize their ideas
[x] Revise their work
Revision should take place after writing the first draft
6. Sarah is writing about the battle that ended the American Revolutionary War. What is the purpose of Sarah's writing?
[x] To inform
[ ] To entertain
[ ] To persuade
[ ] To express a feeling
The student would be writing an informative essay
7. You are writing about the expensive present you would like for your birthday. Who is your audience?
[ ] Your younger sisters and brothers
[ ] Your classmates
[ ] Your friends
[x] Your parents
Since it is an expensive present, it would be geared toward your parents
8. You are writing about the characters and the problem the characters encounter. How is the writing probably written?
[ ] As an informative essay
[x] As a short story
[ ] As a letter
[ ] As a persuasive essay
Short stories include characters and a plot
9. Which type of writing could take place during a short timeframe?
[ ] A chapter of a story
[ ] A narrative rhyming poem
[x] A letter
[ ] A 1,000 word essay
A letter would be a writing assignment that would take place in a short period of time
10. You are writing to inform your readers. What are you most likely writing?
[ ] A short story
[ ] A poem
[x] An essay
[ ] An advertisement
Essays are written mainly to inform or persuade