Organization
A group of sentences that fully explains one topic; there are usually five per essay
What is a paragraph?
Words taken directly from a text need to be surrounded by these punctuation marks. For example... According to the article, "Intelligence comes in many forms."
What are quotation marks?
This is a word or phrase that you often find at the beginning of a paragraph.
What is a transition?
The steps in answering an extended response question.
What is restate the question as a statement, state your point with evidence from the text, and provide an explanation?
This specific type of paragraph is used to grab the reader's attention and set the purpose of the essay.
What is the introduction?
If you are combining two complete sentences --- "I have so much to do; I need to go to school and finish my project." What is it called?
BONUS: name the two pieces of punctuation it acts like together
What is a semi colon?
Bonus: what are a Comma AND a period
True or False: The beginning of a paragraph is the only location where you should include transitions.
What is false (they can also be used to transition between different sentences or other ideas)?
We should always be sure to do these things in our introduction.
What is hook the reader, identify the argument, state your opinion, and give the three main reasons?
The point you are trying to prove, and the focus of the essay, should be found in this SPECIFIC sentence.
What is the thesis? (The argument and your opinion about the topic.)
Complete sentences can only end with these three types of punctuation.
What are the period, question mark, and exclamation point?
This is the purpose of transitions in our writing.
What is to let the reader know that we are changing to another idea?
What is to show how ideas are related to each other?
True or false: Each paragraph in the body of an essay can focus on more than one main idea
What is FALSE!!!
At the beginning of every body paragraph, you should find this type of sentence that sets the purpose for the paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
This punctuation mark can replace a period... "There is not enough time; we're going to get caught." What is it called?
What is a semicolon?
A sentence in which part of the sentence is missing (i.e. the subject or verb) is called this. An example is below... "Running to the store real quick."
What is a fragment?
What are the three things that should be part of every body paragraph?
What are evidence from the text, explanations from the author's experience, and citations from the sources?
This is the place where you get your examples from
What is your sources and your personal experience?
Correct the punctuation in the following sentence... We received mail thats not ours, we should send that back to 227 Brainard Road Enfield TX.
name the Punctuation used
What is "We received mail that's not ours. We should send that back to 227 Brainard Road, Enfield, TX."?
What are an apostrophe and two commas
A sentence in which there is more than one subject or main idea is called this. An example is included below... "We hate doing this work we realize that it's important though."
What is a run-on?
Identify a more specific word for bad
What is terrible, horrible, abysmal, ...
Each body paragraph should focus on the ideas that come from what specific place?
What the reasons from the introduction?