Essay Writing
How many paragraphs are in an essay?
How many sentences per paragraph (minimum)?
5
5
Which situation below is an "informal observation?
A. A scientist collects results in his experiment.
B. A girl walking down the street sees a car crash.
C. A teacher jots down notes as she observes her student’s presentation.
B. A girl walking down the street sees a car crash.
They are definitely and very much so going to go to school.
A. The sentence is perfect.
B. The sentence needs: a comma, a semicolon, or a colon (or more than one).The sentence is perfect.
C. The sentence is too wordy.
C. The sentence is too wordy.
Who was Dracula?
A vampire.
What does the Phantom of the Opera look like?
His face looks like a skull.
What do you include in an introduction (first paragraph)?
Hook and thesis (where you answer the essay question)
What does "author's purpose" mean?
A.The topic an author is writing about.
B. The main idea of a text.
C. The reason why the author wrote their text.
D. The question the author poses in their text.
C. The reason why the author wrote their text.
Whenever they go to the store.
A. The sentence is perfect.
B. The sentence needs: a comma, a semicolon, or a colon (or more than one).The sentence is perfect.
C. The “sentence” is a fragment (an incomplete sentence).
C. The “sentence” is a fragment (an incomplete sentence).
What was Jonathan doing at Dracula's house?
He was there to help Dracula buy a house in England.
Who is Raoul and what are his feelings for Christine?
He is Christine's childhood friend. He loves her.
What do you include in a body paragraph? (All of the items with explanations.)
Topic sentence: introduce the topic of the paragraph.
Summary: Write about the information in three sentences.
Transition sentence: introduce the topic of the next body paragraph.
What does the word "detail" mean on the MCAS test?
A. A fact.
B. A quote from the text.
C. A word from the text.
B. A quote from the text.
He is very tired but he is still determined to finish his hike.
A. The sentence is perfect.
B. The sentence needs: a comma, a semicolon, or a colon (or more than one).The sentence is perfect.
C. The “sentence” is a fragment (an incomplete sentence).
D. The sentence is too wordy.
B. The sentence needs: a comma, a semicolon, or a colon (or more than one).The sentence is perfect.
He is very tired, but he is still determined to finish his hike.
What does Dracula sleep in?
A box full of dirt.
What two choices does the Phantom give to Christine towards the end of the book?
Either marry him, or everyone will die.
What is a thesis?
How do you write a conclusion?
Thesis: When you answer the essay question in the introduction.
Conclusion: Restate all of your main arguments and explain why the topic of your essay is important.
What does the word "imply" mean?
What does the word "narrative" mean?
A story.
The dog is very cute his name is Harry.
A. The sentence is perfect.
B. The sentence needs: a comma, a semicolon, or a colon (or more than one).
C. The “sentence” is a fragment (an incomplete sentence).
D. The sentence is too wordy.
B. The sentence needs: a comma, a semicolon, or a colon (or more than one).
The dog is very cute; his name is Harry.
What happens to Lucy?
She was turned into a vampire.
What happens at the end of the book to Christine, Raoul, and the phantom?
What goes in an introduction, body paragraph, and a conclusion (with explanations)?
What does the word "anecdote" mean?
A story about a person.
They will either eat potatoes, steak, and salad pizza, salad, and bread or soup, salad, and chicken.
A. The sentence is perfect.
B. The sentence needs: a comma, a semicolon, or a colon (or more than one).
C. The “sentence” is a fragment (an incomplete sentence).
D. The sentence is too wordy.
B. The sentence needs: a comma, a semicolon, or a colon (or more than one).
They will either eat potatoes, steak, and salad; pizza, salad, and bread; or soup, salad, and chicken.
What happens to Renfield?
He is a man who lives in a mental institution. He eats bugs because Dracula tells him he can become immortal that way. He helps Dracula, but Dracula murders him.
What was the phantom's childhood like?
What are his talents?