Essay Structure
Your introduction should be HOT! What does the acronym HOT stand for?
Hook, Overview, Thesis
You should include an overview of each excerpt in your introduction. What is an overview?
It is a brief summary.
How many points on the MCAS can be earned for spelling and grammar?
What are 3 points?
What should you do before you begin reading the MCAS excerpts?
Read the questions first so you know what information to be looking for.
Define compare and contrast
Compare means to analyze similarities.
Contrast means to analyze differences.
What is a thesis statement?
It answers the writing prompt & explains what your essay will be about.
You should _________ the beginning of each paragraph.
What is a subject and a predicate?
A character whose traits sharply contrast with those of another character.
What is a foil?
How many total points can you score on each essay?
8 points
5 - for ideas
3 - for grammar and spelling
You should always TAG your introduction. What does TAG stand for?
Title, Author, Genre
This is the preferred ratio of evidence to analysis in your body paragraphs.
What is 30% to 70%.
Use this type of punctuation to join two or more words to form a compound adjective.
What is a hyphen?
This is when two elements or ideas are next to or near each other to create or emphasize a contrast.
What is juxtoposition?
What does it mean to synthesize?
Use evidence from all the passages to answer the question.
What is 6 or 7
You can use this type of punctuation to introduce a quote.
What is a colon? :
Use this punctuation to emphasize a thought or include new information in your sentence.
What is a dash?
This is the idea or feeling that word invokes.
What is connotation?
Explain what a persuasive essay is.
The purpose of a persuasive essay is to convince your audience or argue your side of an issue.
Your persuasive essay should end with this
What is a call to action?
When writing an analysis, synthesis, or compare/contrast essay, you should avoid using ____ statements.
When joining two sentences using a semicolon, you may not use this
What does the acronym TP-CASTT stand for?
Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude/Tone, Shifts, Title Again, Theme
An essay where you pretend you are the character or write a new chapter, etc., is called a _________ essay.
Narrative essay