FSA REVIEW QUIZ YOU NEED PEN/PENCIL AND PAPER

1. Rubric:

1: Your grade for the FSA Writing Test is being scored in three areas. They are:

A. Purpose, Evidence, and Conventions B. Purpose, Focus, and Organization C. Purpose, Focus, and Organization; Evidence and Elaboration,

and Conventions. D. Focus, Organization, and Conventions

2. Rubric:

True or False:

Your FSA writing score is three parts: and you can get up to a 4 in purpose, focus, and organization, a 2 in evidence and elaboration, and a 2 in conventions.

3. Rubric:

True or False:

A three is mastery, meaning going above or beyond, in a rubric area.

4. Rubric: Purpose, Focus, and Organization

A paper that stays on topic and adequately addresses the prompt, purpose and audience will receive a:

A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1

5. Rubric: Evidence and Elaboration

An essay that provides uneven or only basic support for the thesis statement by including only partial use of sources, facts, and details will receive a:

A: 4 B: 3 C: 2 D: 1

6. Prompt deconstruction:

In class we deconstructed prompts using the following steps:

A: Circle the type of essay, underline the topic, rewrite the prompt B: Highlight the action verbs, circle the key words, rewrite the prompt C: Highlight the topic, circle the action verbs, and rewrite the prompt D: Circle the nouns, highlight the verbs, and rewrite the prompt

7. Text Mapping

When text mapping you color-code the following way:

A: Topic – Green, Claims – Blue, Evidence – Red B: Topic – Blue, Claims – Red, Evidence – Green C: Topic – Blue, Claims – Green, Evidence – Red D: Topic – Black, Claims – Red, Evidence – Green

8. Evidence:

True or False:

When you use evidence in your paper, you should be sure to lead in to it and then explain why you used it afterwards.

9. Thesis:

The thesis sentence of a paper:

A: Is the first sentence of your intro B: Is somewhere in your intro, but it doesn’t matter

where C: What is a thesis? D: Is the last sentence of your intro

10. Introduction:

A good introduction will have:

A: the prompt restated, background information, and a thesis B: A hook, background information, and a thesis C: Background information, personal story and a thesis D: The prompt restated, an “I’m going to tell you about”

sentence, and a thesis

11. Body Paragraphs

Body Paragraphs will have:

A: Topic sentence, evidence, and wrap up sentence

B: Topic sentence, evidence, analysis of evidence, and wrap up sentence

C: Topic sentence, story, and wrap up sentence

D: Topic sentence, analysis of evidence, and wrap up sentence

12. Conclusion:

A conclusion will:

A: Restate the thesis, wrap up B: have a topic sentence, review main points, wrap up C: Restate the thesis, review main points, wrap up D: Restate the thesis, review main points, end in a question

13. Citation in text:

Which is correct?

A. “It took 20 years for the law to take effect” (Kaiser , “What Happened to Justice?” 105).

B. “It took 20 years for the law to take effect” (Kaiser, 105).

C. “It took 20 years for the law to take effect”. (Kaiser, 105)

14. Citation in text

Which is correct:

A. According to Herman Jenkins, 67% of the workers only put forth half of their effort (Jenkins, 4).

B. According to Herman Jenkins, 67% of the workers only put forth half of their effort (4).

C. According to Herman Jenkins, 67% of the workers only put forth half of their effort.

15. Citation in text

Which is correct?

A. On page 41, the author states that Lincoln was responsible for the adverse reaction in the town square (O’Tulley).

B. On page 41, the author states that Lincoln was responsible for the adverse reaction in the town square (O’Tulley, Investigating Lincoln).

C. The author states that Lincoln was responsible for the adverse reaction in the town square (O’Tulley).