Thesis Statements
This type of thesis conveys the main idea without necessarily stating it directly in the essay.
What is an implied thesis?
In an MLA formatted essay, this information goes in the upper right corner.
What is last name and page number?
This process is what you begin doing right after you finish your first draft.
What is editing or revising?
It is the most important sentence in a paper, story, or essay, even when it is not there.
What is the thesis statement?
"When I saw the gun in her hand, I ran toward her, clumsy and falling, wanting to save her, to save us all."
What is The Secret Life of Bees? Sue Monk Kidd
A run-on sentence has to do with the length of the sentence. True or False
What is false?
The problem with the following topic sentence:
This paragraph is going to talk about the best way to frost a donut.
What is using announcing language?
In what way is the following thesis statement problematic?
Never take someone you love for granted.
What is restating conventional wisdom?
The following date format is acceptable to use in a heading. True or False
If you believe it is incorrect, fix it.
10-20-21
What is false?
This process is the final stage of the writing process and focuses on surface errors such as misspellings and mistakes in grammar and punctuation.
What is proofreading?
This writing technique uses the five senses.
What is sensory description?
“He still rolls over for every new dog, still sits outside during thunderstorms, still expects more than his share of attention, and still seems to believe that the world exists mostly to give him and his friend Sally a beautiful place to play.”
What is "Dante and Sally" by Pam Houston?
DAILY DOUBLE
The position of the period when using in-text citation after a quote.
"Piano music is beautiful" (1)
What is after the citation?
The sentence structure problem with this topic sentence:
Eating grapes all day.
What is an incomplete sentence?
In what way is the following thesis statement problematic?
Cigarette smoking is bad for your health.
What is an obviously true statement/fact?
Works cited entries are placed in this order.
What is alphabetical order?
This technique for powerful writing has the writer eliminate unnecessary words that do not contribute to meaning from his or her sentences.
What is tightening your prose?
The first sentence of a paragraph, in which the main idea is stated.
What is a topic sentence?
“We listened perfunctorily indeed, if we listened at all, for the chewing out was redundant, a mere formality, and beside the point.”
What is "The Chase"? Annie Dillard
For a semicolon to be used correctly, it needs to connect these kinds of sentences.
Name two aspects.
What are independent clauses whose ideas are related?
These types of words, phrases, and/or ideas create bridges between the sentences and paragraphs of your writing.
What are transitions?
This type of thesis is a clear sentence in the introductory paragraph of an essay that states the basic idea around which the essay will develop.
What is a declarative thesis?
The correctly ordered information that goes in the heading of an MLA formatted essay.
Name
Teacher's name
Class Title
Date
The amount of points that should be covered in a paragraph.
What is one?
The name for the following:
1. A statement introducing a quotation
2. The quote itself
3. An explanation following the quotation
What is framing a quote or a quotation sandwich?
“All evening, until our bedtimes, we tiptoe past him, as past a snoring dragon. Then we curl in our fearful sheets, listening.”
What is "Under the Influence"? Scott Russell Sanders
The name for two independent clauses that are joined with a comma.
What is a comma splice?
To write a __________, you must
What is a summary?
In what way is the following thesis statement problematic?
That rock group’s songs are meaningful to me because I identify with them.
What is offering personal opinion as the basis for a claim?
Works cited entries use this type of spacing.
What is double spacing?
Reading a paper backwards and circling every punctuation mark are possible strategies for this process.
What is proofreading?
In a paragraph, a quotation that ends with no explanation afterward has this name.
What is a dangling quotation?
Name the handout title.
You listen for a while, until you decide that you have caught the tenor of the argument; then you put in your oar. Someone answers; you answer him; another comes to your defense; another aligns himself against you. . . . The hour grows late, you must depart. And you do depart, with the discussion still vigorously in progress.
What is "Entering the Conversation"? Gerald Graff
Or
Kenneth Burke/The Philosophy of Literary Form
The name for two or more independent clauses joined in one sentence that uses no punctuation.
What is a fused sentence?
According to Gerald Graff, this is the term/phrase for saying the same thing you just said in an essay but in a different way.
What is repeating yourself with a difference?
In what way is the following thesis statement problematic?
Greece is a wonderful place to visit.
What is an overly-broad claim?
The type of indentation used on a works cited page.
What is hanging indentation?
When responding to peers’ writings, you should challenge yourself to write as many of these types of comments as you do critical comments.
What is praise or positive comments?
While "showing" slows down the action, one advantage of this type of writing is that it moves the action along more quickly.
Hint: One word answer.
What is telling?
"The monarch butterfly, a once commonplace iconic symbol in North America, is on the verge of extinction."
What is "Failing Ecosystems" by Stephanie Seneff?
Name the type of word that needs to be added to a comma splice to correct it.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
What to consider when choosing a quote to support your topic sentence.
What is aligning the quote with idea of the topic sentence?
Or - What is making sure the quote supports the topic idea?
The purpose of returning full circle to the thesis statement in a concluding paragraph.
What is showing readers the significance/importance of the thesis?
A block quote is formatted this way. Name two aspects.
What is all lines are indented and double spacing is used or no quotation marks are used?
When giving feedback on a peer's essay, instead of vague comments, these kinds of comments are preferred.
What are specific, detailed comments?
An effective topic sentence includes these two parts.
What is a topic and a controlling idea?
"By entertaining counterarguments, you show respect for your readers, treating them not as gullible dupes who will believe anything you say but as independent, critical thinkers who are aware that your view is not the only one in town."
What is "Planting a Naysayer" by Gerald Graff?
Name the three ways to correct a run-on sentence.
What is use a period, a semi-colon, or a comma and a conjunction?
Subordinating conjunctions transform the clause they introduce into this kind of clause.
What is a dependent clause?