The document is a quiz from an English class at Jose Campeche Community School. It contains 15 multiple choice questions that test understanding of key terms related to the structure and composition of essays. The terms include thesis statement, topic sentence, introduction, conclusion, paragraph, and supporting ideas. Students are asked to match the terms with their definitions in order to demonstrate their knowledge of the basic parts of an essay.

1. Jose Campeche Community School
English Program
Mr. Sosa/Mrs. Almeda
Twelfth Grade
Name:_______________________ Date:_______________________
Grade:_________
Quiz #1: The Parts of the Essay
Instructions: Read the following definitions and match them with their rightful term.
1. ___Composition A. A short literary composition on a single subject, usually
2. ___Introduction presenting the personal view of the author. It has three major
3. ___Topic Sentence parts.
4. ___Thesis Statement B. The subject of a speech, essay, thesis, or discourse. It’s
5. ___Supporting Ideas what’s going to be about.
C. The combining of distinct parts or elements to form a whole.
6. ___Topic Example, an essay.
7. ___Draft D. A preliminary version of a piece of writing. Errors are
8. ___Paragraph acceptable.
9. ___Conclusion E. The act or process of introducing or the state of being
10. ___Restate Thesis introduced. It is where the thesis statement is present.
11. ___Structure F. An explanation of the topic or purpose of an essay. It is
12. ___Copy located in the introductory paragraph.
13. ___Closing Statement G. The arrangement and relations between the parts or elements
14. ___Essay of something complex. Example, how an essay is organized.
15. ___Writing H. To make a reproduction or copy of. To follow as a model or
pattern; imitate. Example, what you write from the board.
I. The activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and
composing text. Example, expressing yourself through
symbols.
J. A distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with
a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or
numbering. A common essay has five of them.
K. The end or finish of an event or process. This ends the essay.
L. Give more information about the topic and/or details or
information that backs up a sentence. It sustains the essay.
M. An effective way to state your concluding paragraph. It is a
technique to end your essay.
N. A way to summarize at the end. You need to say what the
original idea or thesis is about. It’s like saying the same
things from the introduction but in the conclusion.
O. A sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in
which it occurs. It’s usually the first sentence from a
paragraph.