To Inform or to Not Inform
These are 3 words to never using in your FSA writing.
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, body paragraphs, and conclusion?
These types of nouns should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
The purpose of an argumentative essay.
What to convince your reader?
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?
For every line of evidence you should have this many lines of elaboration.
What is two?
The purpose of this is to introduce the topic and the opinion/thesis statement to the readers.
What is the introduction?
Words copied directly from this should always be spelled correctly.
What is the text?
Informational writing is written in this POV.
What is third person?
Using this type of graphic organizer is a good way to take notes on the articles.
What is a t-chart?
Doing this will result in a score of zero.
What is plagiarizing?
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?
This is the purpose of an informative essay.
What is to teach or inform your reader?
Using this type of graphic organizer that includes roman numerals and alphabet letters is an effective way to plan for your essay.
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?
The purpose of the conclusion is to restate the thesis/opinion and end with this.
What is an interesting thought or a "so what"?
Apostrophes should not be used in plural nouns. They should be used when showing this. Example: The three girls ran to the room. The girl's room was so messy, she had to clean it.
What is possesion?
This is the focus of an informational essay. It's what the writer wants to say about the topic.
What is a thesis statement?
Body paragraphs should follow this format.
What is P.E.E.L?
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/tone?
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?