Definitions
5 Common Topics
Essay format
ANI chart
Essay Steps
100

The main argument made in the essay.

What is a Thesis?

100

Figuring out how X is similar to Y.

What is comparison?

100

What comes first in your essay? 

The exordium 

100

What does the "A" column stand for?

Affirmative

100

What are the three steps to writing an essay?

Invention, Arrangement, Elocution 

200

The number of reasons used to support the thesis.

What is the enumeration?

200

Who or what is Y.

What is definition?

200

How many proofs are usually used?


3

200

What does the "I" column stand for?

Interesting

200

What is invention?

Coming up with what to say.

300

The body of an essay that supports the Thesis.

What are proofs?

300

What lead to the decision. 

What is relation?

300

How many times do you state your thesis?

2 times

300

What is a tool you can use to find more information for the Interesting column?

5 common topics/comparison

300

What is arrangement?

Organizing your thoughts.

400

The opening on an essay or speech that catches the reader's attention.

What is the Exordium?

400

What witnesses say about the character and his actions.

What is testimony?

400

What comes last in your essay?

The amplification.

400

What 2 parts of the three steps to writing an essay are used when making your ANI chart?

Invention and arrangement 

400

What is elocution?

Figuring out how to say what you want to say.

500

The part of the conclusion in which the writer states why the essay matters. 

What is the Amplification?

500

What was happening at the time time/place as your issue?

What is circumstance?

500

How many sub-proofs are usually used?

9

500

Which of the three steps to writing an essay is used when you are sorting your ANI chart?

Arrangement

500

In which of the three categories would grammar and punctuation fall into?

Elocution 

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