Essay Parts
These are the three main parts of an essay.
What are introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion?
All quotes should have these around them.
What are quotation marks?
This is the first thing you should do before reading the sources or beginning your essay.
What is read the prompt?
List 3 transitions for the first evidence paragraph (R1)
What is First of all, To begin with, First.....
This type of noun should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
The purpose of this is to introduce the topic and the opinion/main idea statement to the readers.
What is the introduction?
It is extremely important to _____________ every quote with a cite transition.
What is to introduce?
You should do this to keep track of important ideas while you read the sources.
What is underline important ideas?
List 3 transition words for the second evidence paragraph (R2)
What is Also, To add on, Next...
Identify the errors in this sentence: i wanted to go to the zoo, but my mom wouldn't let me
What is a capital I and a period?
The purpose of this part of an essay is to restate the main idea and summarize main points.
What is the conclusion?
This is a quote from the text that supports the topic sentence for your body paragraph.
What is evidence?
FSA Writing prompts can be either expository/informational or this.
What is opinion?
List 3 transitions for the last paragraph.
What is All in All, To conclude, In conclusion...
Find the error in this sentence: Have you ever been to spain
What is a capital S and a question mark?
There are usually between __ and __ body paragraphs.
What is between 2 and 3?
This explains how evidence relates back to you.
What is an elaboration?
Before you start writing the introduction, you should first develop this important part of the essay.
What is the planning page?
List 3 transitions to cite.
What is According to the text, Based on what I read, From the text I know, In paragraph....
Identify the type of sentence: This is my favorite movie.
What is a statement sentence?
This is another word for the controlling idea in your essay.
What is the main idea?
There should be at least this many quotes in your essay.
What is two quotes?
This is what should be done after the draft is written to ensure the writer's thoughts are complete and the punctuation and spelling are correct.
What is edit?
List 3 examples of an introductory sentence.
What is a Whether sentence, an Onomanapia, Question/Answer...
Identify the word that is spelled incorrectly. historically definitley similarly
What is "definitley?" (should be spelled "definitely")