Essay Parts
In your conclusion, you must
1.
2.
1. Restate thesis
2. Summarize your main points
Fix the shift in this sentence.
Mr. Smith forgot to feed their fish.
Mr. Smith forgot to feed HIS fish.
or
THEY forgot to feed their fish.
This punctuation is used to introduce a list.
Colon :
List three different adjectives used to describe Mr. Clean.
The teacher will confirm if your answer is correct.
Facts, quotes, or examples used to support a claim are called __________________.
Evidence
What are the three sentences needed in an introduction paragraph?
Hook, bridge, thesis.
To be complete, a sentence must have these two parts.
1.
2.
Subject and Predicate
This punctuation joins words to avoid confusion, such as “re-sign” vs. “resign.”
Hypen
Yay, I crushed my Language Arts test.
What part of speech is "yay"?
Interjection
What is the point of a thesis statement?
States the main argument or point of the essay. (Answers the prompt you are given)
How many total paragraphs should you aim to have in an informative or argumentative essay?
5
(Intro, three body paragraphs, conclusion)
What part of this sentence is the participle phrase?
Sitting by the road, the boys were gossiping about the car crash.
Sitting by the road
“I wanted to go outside ___ it was raining.” (fill in correct punctuation)
Semicolon ;
I lost my hamster, but I found it below the table.
What part of speech is "below"?
Preposition
Outline
Each piece of evidence must be followed by reasoning.
Evidence comes from ___________.
Reasoning comes from ____________.
Evidence comes from the text/materials you are given.
Reasoning comes from your brain.
Rewrite the following sentence from passive to active voice.
The pizza was eaten by the student.
The student ate the pizza.
This mark can be used to add extra information for emphasis.
Dash
I really love Harry Styles.
What part of speech is "really"?
Adverb.
List three sentence starters you could use to introduce evidence.
Teacher decides if you are correct.
List 5 different transition words, but none of them can be sequence transition words.
Teacher decides if you are correct.
What mood is this sentence written in?
You should eat a good breakfast before your test.
Subjunctive
This punctuation shows that words have been left out of a quote.
ellipses
List all of the conjunctions.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Make this thesis statement stronger.
"Recess is important."
Teacher decides if you are correct.