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Grade 8 Opinion Writing CCSS: CCRA.W.1, W.8.1b
Other than evidence, what else might you use to develop an argumentative essay?
  1. examples
  2. comparisons
  3. strategies
  4. all of the above
Grade 8 Conducting Research CCSS: CCRA.W.7, W.8.7
When you research a topic, it is important to know its relationship to other concepts. Which word or phrase represents the broadest (most general) subject under which all of the other topics would fit?
  1. Studyiing
  2. Note taking
  3. Strategies for academic success
  4. Rewriting your notes
  5. Group work
  6. Get started early
  7. Share information
Grade 8 Conducting Research CCSS: CCRA.W.8, W.8.8
While researching gun control, you continuously find website articles opposing gun control. What is the next step you should take in you research?
  1. Assume that the argument against gun control is the only correct argument
  2. Locate a library database that provides credible information on opposing viewpoints
  3. Start writing the paper
  4. Look for a fiction book dealing with gun control issues
Grade 8 Writing
The verses of a song should:
  1. be short
  2. be written in sentences
  3. tell a story
  4. make people cry
Grade 8 Writing CCSS: CCRA.W.2, W.8.2c
Similarly and likewise are transitional words for which of the following types of writing?
  1. Chronological Order
  2. Compare and Contrast
  3. Order of Importance
  4. Classification
Grade 8 Conducting Research
When you research a topic, it is important to know its relationship to other concepts.

All of the following concepts are related to stress. Which phrase represents the narrowest(most specific) topic?
  1. Psychological stress
  2. Gender differences in stress reactions
  3. Strategies for coping with stress
  4. Reactions to stress
Grade 8 Opinion Writing CCSS: CCRA.W.1, W.8.1b
Support for an argument is what?
  1. the claim
  2. the underlying purpose for the argument
  3. material or evidence used to convince the audience
  4. facts the argument is trying to prove
Grade 8 Writing CCSS: CCRA.W.1, W.8.1b
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This type of persuasion is...
  1. Appeal to Authority
  2. Rhetorical Question
  3. Emotional Appeal
  4. All of the above
Grade 8 Writing
The first thing you should do when writing a song is:
  1. determine the subject
  2. write the chorus
  3. choose the beat
  4. write the hook
Grade 8 Writing CCSS: CCRA.W.2, W.8.2c
Consequently is a transition word for which of the following types of writing?
  1. classification
  2. compare and contrast
  3. cause and effect
  4. chronological
Grade 8 Writing
Dangerous:
  1. capital
  2. ascent
  3. earnest
  4. perilous
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