To Inform or to Not Inform
Opinion writing is written in this POV but should be avoided during the test.
What is first person?
The first step in the writing process.
What is planning?
To include direct information from a piece of text.
What is cite evidence?
This is what a basic essay includes.
What is an introduction, middle, and conclusion?
These types of nouns should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
What is state a counterclaim?
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 revise and edit?
This word, indicating 2nd person point-of-view, should be avoided in all opinion and informational essays!
What is "you?"
The purpose of this is to introduce the topic and the opinion/thesis statement to the readers.
What is the introduction?
These types of pronouns should be left out of your essays if you want to achieve the maximum scores.
What is first and second person (I, you, me, my)?
Informational writing is written in this POV.
What is third person?
This is the first thing you should have planned out before you start writing.
What is a claim/thesis statement?
The phrase: According to the text... followed by " " is an example of this.
What is quoting text?
This is where the evidence, examples, and elaboration go in an essay.
What are the body/middle paragraphs?
Titles of books should always be ___________ whereas titles of articles should be in ______________.
What is underlined and quotation marks?
Be careful not to do this in your thesis for an informative essay, the reader may think you are writing an argumentative essay.
What is take a side?
Using this type of graphic organizer that includes roman numerals and alphabet letters is an effective way to plan for your essay if given the proper amount of time.
What is an outline?
E_________ is specific information from the text whereas e___________ adds more detail and expands on the specific information.
What is evidence and elaboration?
This is the true purpose of the counterclaim.
What is to prove the counterclaim wrong?
While Mrs. Kirschenpfad doesn't mind bending the rules a little bit, the graders may want to see that you know words like "each" and "every" are ________ types of pronouns.
What is singular?
-or-
What is singular indefinite pronouns?
This is the focus of an informational essay. It's what the writer wants to say about the topic.
What is a thesis?
The focus of an essay comes from these, which are presented in the articles.
What are the main/central ideas?
Effective writing includes word choices that are precise and vocabulary that is academic and specific to the topic. It does not include slang or exclamations (cool, awesome). This is called _________.
What is appropriate language?
These words connect one idea to the next in a piece of writing. They are important to have in an essay so the writing is logical and organized and easy to understand for the reader.
What are transition words?
When the subject and the verb match in a sentence. Singular: The boy has homework. Plural: The boys have homework.
What is subject-verb agreement?