Inform or Explain
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FSA Etiquette
Essay 123
Can You Spell Punctuate?
100
The purpose of Informative writing is to...
What is inform?
100

Why should you underline the main topic sentence of each paragraph when reading?

So I know what each paragraph is about.

100
How many times should you read the writing prompt?
3 times
100
The short essay includes how many paragraphs?




3

100
These types of nouns should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns? 
200
Should an explanatory essay be based on opinion? If not, what should it be based on?
Facts, such as evidence from the text.
200

Changing the words in the text to make the sentence your own is called what?

What is paraphrasing/restating?
200

you need to write about?


A. The title

B. The passage

C. Your momma's house

D. The writing prompt.

D. The writing prompt.

200
On the FSA, where do you find where it tells you what you need to write about?


A. The title

B. The passage

C. Your momma's house

D. The writing prompt.

D. The writing prompt.

200
Words copied directly from this should always be spelled correctly.
What is the text?
300

True or False

You should always write from the first-person point of view. (Meaning you use 'I' statements.)




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FALSE - Informational writing is from the 3rd person point of view. 

(Writing in third person is writing from the third-person point of view, or outsider looking in, and uses pronouns like he, she, it, or they.)_

300
It's what you do when you copy from the text to support your claim.
What is citing text evidence?
300
What you should do if you finish the FSA before the end of the testing period.
What is put my head down?
300
Why is it important to write slowly and clearly?
So the reader can understand what I wrote.
300
What you put around the words you copied directly from the text?
What are quotation marks?
400

What type of text is an instructional manual on how to put a bicycle together? Explanatory or Informative?

Explanatory - it's explaining how to put the pieces together to make a bike.
400
Sentences that have words copied from the text should always start with what words?
What is 'According to the text' or 'The author states'
400
How should you ask for your IEP accommodations during FSA Testing?
By raising my hand
400
The concluding paragraph always starts with what words?
In conclusion
400
It's the punctuation you use when there is a pause in a sentence or writing a list of items.
What is a comma?
500
This is often the first sentence in an informational essay. It's what the writer wants to say about the topic.
What is a thesis or topic sentence?
500
Restate this writing prompt:


Write an argumentive essay on whether you support extended school hours or not. Use information from the passages to support your argument.

I agree (OR do not agree) that school should not have extended hours because
500
TRUE or FALSE

If I need extended time, I'll just sleep for the first hour and then start on my FSA when I wake up. It will automatically be given to me.

False - You must start working on your FSA at the start of the testing session and continue to work on your writing until your are done or time is up. If you decide to sleep or delay starting your work on the FSA, you cannot get extended time. 

500
It's what we do when we take the writing prompt and put into the form of a statement?
Restating the writing prompt
500
What you put at the end of the sentence if:


 1. you are making a statement

2. you are asking a question

3. you are surprised or excited

What is a period, a question mark, and an exclamation point?
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