To Inform or to Not Inform
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Effective Writing
Formatting Fun
Can You Spell Punctuate?
100
What Point of view is opinion writing written in?
What is first person?
100
What is the first thing you do when you get your FSA writing packet?
Read the prompt/unwrap the prompt
100
To include direct information from a piece of text.
What is cite evidence?
100
What are the three parts of an essay?
What is an introduction, body and conclusion?
100
These types of nouns should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
200
The purpose of an opinion essay.
What is state an opinion?
200
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?
200
What do you need to include when you cite evidence?
In the text it says... and quotations "___"
200
The purpose of this is to introduce the topic and the opinion/thesis statement to the readers.
What is the introduction?
200
Words copied directly from this should always be spelled correctly.
What is the text evidence?
300
Informational writing is written in this POV.
What is third person?
300
How should your graphic organizer look for an informative essay?
Controlling idea Detail #1 Detail #2
300
The phrase: According to the text... followed by " " is an example of this.
What is citing evidence?
300
This is where the evidence, examples, and elaboration go in an essay.
What are the body paragraphs?
300
Titles of articles should be in ______________.
quotation marks
400
The purpose of an opinion essay is to give reasons. The purpose of an informational essay is to...
What is present facts/details?
400
Using this type of graphic organizer should you use for an opinion essay?
Opinion Reason #1 Reason #2
400
What do we call it when we adds more detail and expands on the specific information through text-to-self, text-to-world, or text-to-text connections?
What is elaboration?
400
Every time you start a new paragraph you....
indent
400
Every sentence should begin with a _________ ________. Every sentence should end with __________.
capital letter punctuation (period)
500
This is the focus of an informational essay. It's what the writer wants to say about the topic.
What is a controlling idea?
500
The focus of an essay comes from these, which are presented in the articles.
What are the big ideas?
500
How do you start your body paragraphs in an opinion essay?
One reason... Another reason... First reason Second reason...
500
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. Examples: In conclusion, My opinion is..., In the text it says, Firstly, Secondly, On the other hand, One reason...
What are transition words?
500
True or False: You must cite evidence from all of your sources?
False, you only cite evidence from appropriate sources.
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