Allow me to Introduce Myself
My Body's so Bootylicious
Notable Quotables
Go Scout it Out
It's a Mechanical World
100
Throw out a fishing line with this opening in an introductory paragraph.
What is a hook?
100
If you're going to build a body paragraph, better begin with this first.
What is a topic sentence?
100
"You never really understand a person...until you climb in his skin."
Who is Atticus?
100
Betcha Scout hasn't traveled to this county, or else she might have a better experience on the first day of school.
What is Winston County.
100
These formatting characters can be used by pressing shift + a 9 or 0, and they're placed around a citation
What are parentheses
200
Connect a personal story to the essay topic with this type of sentence.
What is a "bridge" or "transition?"
200
The who, the where, the what, the when...it sets the stage for a quote, and can be summed up with this one word.
What is context?
200
"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy."
Who is Miss Maudie?
200
Got a secret? Don't share it with this town gossip. This Crawford gal just loves to spread the news.
Who is Miss Stephanie?
200
A parenthetical citation is always placed here.
What is at the end of a sentence.
300
Since an intro is your words and your words alone, you never include this type of text evidence when previewing your argument.
What is a quotation?
300
Take some bland oatmeal, spice it up with berries, nuts, and a little brown sugar, and you get this in writing; also the heart of your paragraph.
What is an embodied quotation?
300
"I'm Charles Baker Harris. I can read."
Who is Dill?
300
Scout wore this costume in a protein-packed pageant.
What is a ham?
300
This font is not from the "old school" empire, and it's used for all MLA papers.
What is Times New Roman
400
If you only had one sentence to state your argument, it would be this one.
What is a thesis statement?
400
Just to be clear your reader understands your quote, you better do this right after it.
What is paraphrase?
400
"Draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight- to me, that's a sin."
Who is Heck Tate?
400
Don't put this all over your food, or else you may get an earful from Scout.
What is molasses?
400
Whether you speak of a character in the present or place him/her in the past, just be consistent when choosing this.
What is verb tense.
500
This type of formatting style just might've been concocted in the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
What are italics?
500
If you don't connect your main point to this, chances are you haven't presented a convincing argument.
What is a thesis statement?
500
"That boy's worked for me eight years an' I ain't had a speck o' trouble outa him. Not a speck."
Who is Link Deas?
500
If it's a bedtime story that is to be read, Scout can find all kinds of personal connection with this book.
What is The Grey Ghost?
500
One inch. That's the standard protocol, and lucky for you, this formatting function is already set on it.
What are margins.
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