Essay Types
An essay that tries to convince someone about something.
In your Biographical Essay, it is good to include at least one _________ that your subject has said.
The topic of your Narrative assignment.
What is a Summer Narrative?
True or False: A cause and effect essay should include plenty of facts and research.
There should be 5-8 of these in your essay.
What are paragraphs?
An essay that explains what made something happen, and/or what the results were.
What is a Cause and Effect Essay?
True or False: A biographical essay must be about someone who is alive.
What is False?
True or False: It's okay to use the words I and me in this type of essay.
What is True?
Typically a Cause and Effect essay focuses more on the__________ than the ___________
Effect, Cause
This specific part of your essay grabs the reader's attention.
What is a Hook?
The essay that uses the most storytelling.
What is a Personal Narrative Essay?
True or False: A Biographical Essay can be written about yourself.
What is False?
________-_________ is a key part to making a Narrative interesting.
What is story-telling?
Is the purpose of Cause and Effect mostly to persuade, inform, or entertain?
What is inform?
This should tell readers what the main meaning or purpose of your essay is.
What is a Thesis Statement?
An essay that talks about the similarities and differences between two things.
What is a Compare and Contrast Essay?
A Biographical Thesis statement should answer this question.
Why was your subject's life inspirational or impactful?
The quick write topic we did as a group during Narrative class practice.
What was a scary childhood moment?
The purpose of a Cause and Effect Essay is to _______________________________
What is 'explain something that happens and the causes and effects or results of it.'
This essay always means researching a person.
What is a Biographical essay?
A Biographical essay is best when it has both ___________ and ___________ sources.
What are primary and secondary sources?
A good Narrative should include this as the thesis.
What is a lesson learned?
These things should be in every good cause and effect essay. (must get 3/6)
Facts, quotes, statistics, studies, strong thesis, real life accounts
This should always be at the end of your essay.
What is a Works Cited page?