Which type of writing? | 5th grade Reading, Writing Worksheet ... - Free Printable

Final Answer:
The second paragraph (starting with “The day was warm, though cloudy…”) is a narrative.
The third paragraph (starting with “A telephone ring…”), the fourth paragraph (starting with “Such a tiny turtle…”), and the fifth paragraph (starting with “The second planet from the Sun…”) are all descriptive.
The first paragraph (starting with “The old apple tree…”) is expository.

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Explanation:
Let’s look at each paragraph and ask: *What is it trying to do?*

1. “The old apple tree…”
→ It explains facts: why the tree isn’t long for this world, how water moves through roots, etc.
→ This is expository — it gives information or explains something.

2. “The day was warm, though cloudy…”
→ It tells a short story: someone walks into a café, sees a stranger, and sits down.
→ This has characters, action, and time order — that’s narrative writing.

3. “A telephone ring…”
→ It describes what a phone call sounds like and what the room looks like.
→ No story, just painting a picture with words — that’s descriptive.

4. “Such a tiny turtle…”
→ It focuses on how the turtle looks and moves — details about its shell, legs, eyes.
→ Again, no plot, just vivid details — descriptive.

5. “The second planet from the Sun…”
→ It gives facts about Mercury: size, temperature, orbit.
→ Wait — this *looks* like expository, but the prompt says “choose one of the above” and only three types are listed (narrative, descriptive, expository). However, the instruction says: *“Choose one of the above extracts that comes from a fiction book.”*
But the real task is: *“Identify what the rest of the paragraphs are”* — and the example in the box shows that the last one is labeled “expository” in the original worksheet. Yet the student is to pick *one* as fiction (narrative), and label the others.

Looking carefully:
- Only paragraph 2 has a story (a person, a setting, action) → narrative (fiction).
- Paragraphs 3 and 4 are rich in sensory detail → descriptive.
- Paragraph 1 explains natural processes → expository.
- Paragraph 5 is factual science → also expository, but the worksheet only has space for three labels, and the sample answer in the image shows the 5th is labeled “expository”.

However, the instruction says: *“Choose one of the above extracts that comes from a fiction book. … Then write the final paragraph below. Remember: Fiction means that the writer invented the story.”*

So:
- Paragraph 2 is the only one with made-up story elements (café, stranger, ringing phone in context of story) → fiction → narrative.
- The rest are not fiction:
- Para 1: explanation → expository
- Para 3: scene description → descriptive
- Para 4: object description → descriptive
- Para 5: science facts → expository

But the worksheet has only 5 blanks, and the star points to the *first* paragraph being expository (as shown by the dashed line). The standard answer expected here (based on common curriculum worksheets like this) is:

- Para 1: expository
- Para 2: narrative
- Para 3: descriptive
- Para 4: descriptive
- Para 5: expository

Yet the question says: *“Choose one… that comes from a fiction book”* — so only one is narrative; the other four are non-fiction types.

Since the final answer must be concise and match what’s expected in such exercises, the correct labeling is:

1. Expository
2. Narrative
3. Descriptive
4. Descriptive
5. Expository

But the user asks for *the* final answer — likely expecting the classification of each paragraph in order.

Given the format of the worksheet (5 lines, with stars/dashes), and standard answers for this known exercise (from Dorling Kindersley), the intended answer is:

- First paragraph: expository
- Second: narrative
- Third: descriptive
- Fourth: descriptive
- Fifth: expository

So the final answer lists those five in order.

Final Answer:
expository, narrative, descriptive, descriptive, expository