Introductions & Conclusions
The very first sentence of your essay is called this. It's intended to grab your readers attention.
a. Topic sentence
b. Hook sentence
c. Thesis statement
d. Attention sentence
b. Hook sentence
The two ways to put your evidence in your essay are...
a. Paraphrase
b. Write your opinions
c. Direct Quotes
d. State facts
a. Paraphrase
c. Direct Quotes
Should your elaboration be from...
a.the passages
b. your own words
b. Your own words!
Planning your essay should take you how long.
a. 0 minutes
b. 5 minutes
c. 10-15 minutes
d. 20+ minutes
10-15 minutes ( should just be an outline of the paper)
The FSA scores my essay out of this many points.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 20
b.10
Your conclusion should be at least this many sentences.
a. 3 sentences
b. 5 sentences
c. 6 sentences
d. 1 sentences
a. 3 sentences
True/False. I don't need to cite what source I got my evidence from if I paraphrased.
False! You ALWAYS cite where you got your evidence!
True/False. In my elaboration, I can restate what my evidence says.
False! You want your elaboration to be your own thoughts/ideas/feelings/understanding of the evidence.
True or False: In an opinion essay, the reasons that you talk about in your body paragraphs should be the same as the ones you list in your introduction paragraph?
True, your body paragraphs should always connect to the information from your introduction paragraph.
True/False. I should avoid using personal pronouns like "I" and "my" in an informative essay.
True! You want your essay to read as professional and factual as possible.
Which of the following is NOT a strong hook for an essay about climate change?
a. “The Earth is warming at an alarming rate.”
b. “Do you think polar bears are in trouble?”
c. “Many people recycle to help the environment.”
d.“Climate change affects the temperature of the Earth.”
d. “Climate change affects the temperature of the Earth.”
True or False: I should only add evidence in my introduction and conclusion.
FALSE, you should only add evidence in your Body Paragraphs
True or False: Your elaboration can be an explanation or a personal connection.
True, as long as it is relevant to the main idea of that paragraph and your evidence.
Your body paragraphs should be at least this many sentences long.
a. 2 sentences
b. 3 sentences
c. 4 sentences
d. 1 sentences
4 sentences.
1- Topic Sentence (What the paragraph is about)
2. Evidence (Paraphrase or Direct Quote)
3. Elaboration
4. Transition Statement
When you revise your essay before submitting, what kind of mistakes should you look for?
Spelling, Punctuation, Indentation, Grammar
True/False: You can't include new ideas and evidence in your conclusion.
True!
Name a transition/sentence starter for quoting evidence.
In Source 1 it states / According to the text,
If I have 2 body paragraphs, what is the minimum (least) amount of elaborations I should have in my essay?
a. 1
b. 2
2, because you should have 1 elaboration per piece of evidence!
The purpose of a topic sentence (for any paragraph) is to do this.
a. Conclude what that paragraph was mainly about
b. Lead to the next piece of evidence
c. Introduce what that paragraph will be mainly about.
d. Go between the evidence and elaboration sentence
Give an example of a second body paragraph topic sentence transition is this.
c. Introduce what that paragraph will be mainly about.
Why is it important to cite sources in your writing?
a. To make the essay longer
b. To give credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism
c. To confuse the reader with extra details
d. To summarize the main points of the essay
b. To give credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism
Make up your own hook for an essay about why community service should be required for high school graduation (3 minutes to write)
Did you know that there are tons of benefits to doing community service?
Name TWO examples of sentence starters for evidence.
According to the text....
The text states....
The author of the text says...
Source ____ says.....
If I don't include elaboration in my essay, the highest score under Evidence and Elaboration on the FSA rubric I can get is this.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
No elaboration gets you a 1.
"Ineffective" elaboration gets you a 2.
Give an example of a second body paragraph topic sentence transition is this.
In addition,
Secondly,
Also important,
If I don't cite my sources, the highest score I can get under Evidence and Elaboration on the FSA rubric is this.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 3
b. 2