Essay Parts
This is the main idea of your essay, and comes at the end of the intro
What is a thesis?
The entire goal of this kind essay is to persuade someone of something debatable
You need to do this every time you write about an idea that is not your own
what is cite a source?
You should use this standard font size, margins, and line spacing for your essay, and always do THIS before turning it in to avoid senseless spelling and punctuation mistakes
What are 12-point, 1-inch, double-spaced, and proofread?
This pop singer shares one of her names with a Starbucks cup size
Who is Ariana Grande?
This includes any background info necessary to understand the thesis, and moves the essay from hook to thesis
What is a bridge?
Everything included in an INFORMATIVE essay is in service of answering this
What is a Research question?
Everything you write inside parentheses in an in-text citation must appear as the first words in what?
bibliography entry
Your conclusion should do these two things
what is summarizing your essay's main points again, and leave your reader with something to "chew on" (connection to the larger world, why the essay is important for their future, etc.)
Jay-z uses this poetic device in the line "flyer than the piece of paper bearin' my name"
What is a double entendre?
A thesis has these two main parts, which help your reader understand how the rest of the essay will be organized
What is a statement and a preview of reasoning?
Different from that of an argumentative essay, a level 2 question is good for an informative essay because it has these two qualities
What is 1. a widely agreed-upon answer that 2. requires a detailed or in-depth response
Instead of using an exact quote, students can do this to still explain another author's ideas, and can use these to replace a portion of an exact quote
Do not use a source as evidence unless it checks off each letter of this acronym (say each word too)
Relevancy, Appropriateness, Detail, Currency, Authority, Bias
This member of the Rat Pack was nicknamed "Frankie Blue Eyes" and had hits like "My Funny Valentine"
Who is Frank Sinatra?
These parts of an essay should directly match up with each part of the thesis' preview of the paper _________- 1.___ 2.___. 3.____
What are body paragraph topic sentences?
Write an EFFECTIVE informative essay intro on the level 2 question, "How do you make a PB + J?"
The host will check to see if all the part of an intro are there
These three C's make up a quote sandwich (explain them too)
What is
Context - who said the quote and their qualifications
Content - the quote itself
Conversation - and explanation of the quote and its importance
Besides simply listing your sources, an ANNOTATED bibliography also includes a short paragraph that does these three things
What is explains 1.why it's reliable, 2.what it's generally about, and 3. how you used it in your paper
This artist sung these famous lyrics: "It's the light of day that shows me how / And when the night falls / my lonely heart calls / Oh I wanna dance with somebody"
Who is Whitney Houston?