Parts of Essay
A topic sentence that helps support your thesis; text evidence that is relevant; an explanation of how the text evidence shows the thesis.
What is a body paragraph?
The following sentence needs this common revising technique.
"Ramsey wants to use a more effective and descriptive word than big in sentence 7. Which word should replace big in this sentence?
What is diction/word choice?
This sentence needs this type of edit.
"The very first soup kitchen, run entirely by volunteers, emerged during the great depression."
What is capitalization? (The Great Depression)
The genre using lines, stanzas, speaker
What is poetry?
The resource you use when you don't know a word in the prompt or the answer choices and to help you spell a word not in the text.
What is the dictionary?
In the introduction, in each of the body paragraphs, and in the conclusion.
What is a thesis?
The following sentence uses this revision mistake.
"While the United Nations faces the same problems that crippled the league, it is a stronger organization. Students today learn about this organization in their history classes."
What is and avoid redundant ideas (ideas that repeat themselves)?
organization doesn't need to be in there twice; combine to remove
This sentence needs this type of editing.
"Today, volunteers across our nation continues to donate their time, money, and energy to a variety of causes."
What is matching verb agreement? (Continues to continue)
The genre that uses stage directions, monologues, and soliloquies.
What is drama/plays?
When you highlight the paragraphs referenced in the multiple choice questions and make notes online or on paper.
What is annotating?
"In conclusion..."
The following sentence needs this type of revision.
"There is a second way and it is that P. oceanica and coral reefs are alike because they both provide valuable benefits to the ocean in and to nearby coastal areas."
This sentence needs this type of editing.
"Maybe we could have a joint yard sale. If we both advertise, we might get twice as many customers!
What is a quotation mark?
The genre that uses plot and theme.
What is fiction?
The process of picking two obviously incorrect answers and then choosing the most appropriate answer based on the area of the text that is referenced.
What is the process of elimination?
A definition of the topic or a personal anecdote of relating to the topic.
What is a hook?
This sentence needs this type of revision.
"They continued to escalate throughout the 1930s."
What is clarity or specifics?
This sentence needs this type of edit.
"The tide which had been low when she and her dad crossed over to the island that morning, was cresting high.
What is
tide -- which had been low
tide: which had been low
tide; which had been low
The genre that uses thesis statements and evidence.
The process of rereading the sentences over and over until you figure out its meaning.
What is context clues?
Providing your own original thoughts about the prompt that go beyond basic comprehension.
What is original commentary?
This sentence needs this kind of revision.
"Decide where this sentence should be added -- In fact, it can take many centuries for them to reach a significant size."
What is adding a transition sentence?
This needs this type of edit?
"She realized they weren't going to be able to get back across to the mainland since the tide went back out."
What is the correct conjunction/preposition?
The genre that uses call-to-actions.
What is argumentative?
The process of skipping to the last question or the essay questions.
What is the doing the most complex question first?