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The Writing Assessment
Author's Purpose
Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
QAR
100
Periods, commas, and other punctuation fall under this category.
What is conventions?
100
A narrative essay has this purpose.
What is to entertain?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
He is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile?
100
The answer is only found in one place.
What is "right there"?
200
This category gets you double the points on the writing assessment.
What is ideas.
200
Writing a letter to convince your mom to buy you a new pet has this purpose.
What is to persuade?
200
The bird flew into the clouds soaring like a rocket. In the sentence "flew" is a ________.
What is verb?
200
Bam!! Wow!!!
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The answer is found in more that one plcae in the book.
What is "think and search"?
300
The three types of writing are...
What are persuasive, informational, and narrative.
300
An essay explaining what the Dust Bowl is has this purpose.
What is to inform?
300
But, and, or are examples of ___________.
What are conjunction?
300
I'm so hungry I could eat a million cheeseburgers.
What is hyperbole?
300
You have to make connections to the author for this type of question.
What is "author and me".
400
You are graded on ideas, conventions, style, and ________.
What is organization?
400
A novel categorized as realistic fiction has this purpose.
What is to entertain?
400
Mmmmmm, mmmmm! Good! is an example of an ____________.
What is an interjection?
400
You shouldn't cry over spilt milk.
What is idiom?
400
This is the easiest type of question on the CRCT.
What is "right there"?
500
If you use a lot of figurative language. You will get points in this category.
What is style.
500
Barack Obama writes a letter to tell voters that they should vote for him. His purpose is to ________.
What is convince or persuade?
500
On, over, above, and around are examples of ___________.
What are prepostions?
500
The clouds smiled at me as they floated by.
What is personification?
500
This type of question will NEVER be on the CRCT.
What is "On My Own"?