Writing #1
The type of essay that includes a counterargument
Argumentative Essay
A hook
How do I know when to use then or than?
Then = location
Than = comparison
List the three situations in which you would need to capitalize.
1. Specific people, places, or things
2. First letter of a sentence
3. When writing "I"
Why should you read the passage first when it comes to the reading section of the test?
How should you always begin a body paragraph or the conclusion?
A transition of some kind
Where does a thesis go in an essay?
End of the introduction
A good way to pick up on where commas go is to...
Listen for pauses
State the two situations in which you would use an apostrophe
To show possession and with contractions.
True or false: The faster you read, the better you'll comprehend the reading.
False
What is a thesis?
The main claim of the essay
An organizing strategy when writing an essay
An outline
What's wrong with this sentence?
The dog a golden retriever caught the ball
Missing commas
The dog, a golden retriever, caught the ball
What's wrong with this sentence?
Your seriously doing this right now?
Wrong form of your/contraction
You're seriously doing this right now?
How do you know which multiple choice questions to answer first?
Answer the easiest ones first
What is an in-text citation?
When you cite the author or passage in parenthesis at the end of a sentence.
The passage states, "You should cite evidence to support your answers" (Webster).
The ratio for your writing to evidence from the passage is?
2 sentences of your writing per 1 sentence of evidence from the text
A good way to pick up on errors in writing before submitting your essay is to...
Read it slowly out loud or to yourself
What is a contraction?
A combination of two words joined by an apostrophe
A strategy for narrowing possible answers to a multiple choice question
Process of elimination
The word for saying the same idea but in different words
Paraphrase
What's the other part of this?
Some may say...
They are wrong because...
Correct this sentence
There dog was they're since their going on vacation.
Their dog was there since they're going on vacation.
A specific person, place, or thing
Proper Noun
A strategy for finding important ideas in a text
Highlighting or annotating