1. FSA REVIEW QUIZ YOU NEED PEN/PENCIL AND PAPER

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 3. Rubric: True or False: A three is mastery, meaning going above or beyond, in a rubric area.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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)

15. 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.

16. 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).