Essay Fun Facts and Features
Strategies for Essay Writing
Insert that Apostrophe!
All About Quotes
This and That
100
The introduction of an essay about literature should contain TAG. TAG stands for THIS.
What is Title, Author, Genre?
100
You should use the bullets in an essay prompt to plan these
What are the body paragraphs?
100
The apostrophe belongs in THIS spot in the following sentence: She doesnt know about it.
What is between the "n" and "t" in "doesnt"? Ex) doesn't
100
When including a quote into an essay, the page number must be included after the quote in THESE.
What are the parenthesis?
100
This is the proper order of paragraphs in an essay.
What is introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion?
200
Specific text details only belong in this part of an essay
What is the body?
200
While applying the ICE strategy, the writer must do THIS after citing a specific detail.
What is EXPLAIN the detail?
200
The apostrophe belongs in THIS spot in the following sentence: My cats milk is spoiled. (One cat)
What is between the "t" and "s" in "cats." Ex. cat's
200
When including a quote into an essay, you must do this to avoid a “quote bomb.”
What is introduce the quote with a phrase?
200
If you “drop” a quote into an essay without a phrase introducing it, it’s called THIS.
What is a "quote bomb"?
300
The first sentence of a body paragraph must do THIS.
What is identify the topic of the paragraph?
300
This is the purpose of a thesis statement
What is "to state what the essay will prove"?
300
Apostrophes should be used for these two reasons.
What is 1) To create contractions and 2) show possession?
300
The period should go in THIS spot in the following example: The Giver tells Jonas, “Memories are forever” (147)
What is after the parenthesis? ex) ". . . forever" (147).
300
This is another name for a thesis
What is a claim?
400
A conclusion about a piece of literature should do these two things.
What is re-state the thesis and include a "last thought"?
400
These three things should be included in an introduction of an essay about a piece of literature
What are an Attention-grabber, TAG, and a Thesis?
400
The apostrophe belongs in THIS spot in the following sentence: Both girls costumes are upstairs.
What is after the "s" in girls. Ex: girls'
400
If you add any words into a quote to clarify a point, you must include these to indicate the insertion to the reader
What is brackets? [ ]
400
A student made THIS mistake in the following sentence in their academic essay: I think Jonas survives at the end of the book.
What is he or she used the first person? (Ex. I think . . .)
500
These should be used in essays to connect ideas inside paragraphs AND from one paragraph to the next.
What are transitions?
500
Your attention-grabber must be somehow related to THIS
What is the thesis or topic of the essay?
500
The apostrophe belongs in THIS spot in the following sentence: "Most childrens imaginations run wild when told that story."
What is between the "n" and "s" in childrens? Ex: children's
500
If you delete any words from a quote you must include this to indicate the omission to the reader.
What is an ellipsis? (. . . )
500
An academic essay should be written in THIS voice or style
What is formal or professional?
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