Facts about essays
Facts about the FSA
Facts about our class
100
This is the first sentence of an essay. Its purpose is to interest the reader.
What is the attention grabber?
100
These are the 2 types of essays.
What are informational and argumentative?
100
This is your favorite topic.
What is essay writing?
200
This is the writer's main idea or opinion.
What is the claim?
200
This is the number of times we will practice the FSA online.
What is 2?
200
This is number of students whose first initial is a vowel.
What is 6 (anayah, emily, alexandra, andrew, elijah and allison?
300
This is the opposite of the writer's main idea or opinion.
What is the counterclaim?
300
The amount of time given for the FSA Writing Test.
What is 90 minutes?
300
This is your favorite part of the class.
What is talking at the end of the period.
400
These are facts, quotes, statistics, anecdotes that connect with the writer's main idea.
What are supporting details?
400
This is the number of required paragraphs stated in the directions.
What is "multi-paragraph essay?"
400
This is the preferred way to do work (as stated by the majority of students).
What is group work?
500
These words and/or phrases signal that the writer is changing to another reason or idea.
What are transitional words and/or phrases?
500
This is the purpose of the lined yellow paper.
What is to write notes?
500
This is the middle name of your teacher. Hint: It is also the first name of two students in the class.
What is Sarah?
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