Writing an Essay
What are the components of the introduction paragraph?
The hook, the thesis, and the transition.
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What are the types of sentences?
Declarative, imparitive, interrogative, and exclamatory.
What might a sentence fragment be missing?
A subject, a predicate, or both.
What year was I born?
2004
What is the purpose of the hook?
To grab the readers attention.
What are collective nouns?
A word that names a group of people or things.
What are subordinate clauses?
Are clauses that can’t stand by itself as a complete sentence.
Where is the subject in an inverted sentence?
After the verb.
What is one of my favorite puzzles to solve?
Rubik’s cubes.
What does the body paragraph do?
Provide examples and explanations to support the thesis of your essay.
What are abstract nouns?
Names an idea, a quality, a feeling, or a characteristic.
What does a sentences have to have to be a compound-complex sentence?
Two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clauses.
What is a compound subject?
Two or more subjects with the same verb.
What is my favorite instrument to play?
Guitar.
What is pattern of organization used for?
To help your reader follow your ideas.
What is an antecedent?
The word the pronoun replaces.
What is the difference between declarative and imperative sentences?
Declarative express something and imperative are statements that make a request.
What is a compound verb?
Two or more verbs with the same subject.
How Long have I been going to this school?
Since kindergarten.
What will help focus your writing in each body paragraph?
A topic sentence.
What are demonstrative pronouns use for?
To point out specific things or people.
Why is it bad to have the same length sentence?
It makes your writing sound choppy or extended.
What does the direct object do?
Tells who or what receives the action of the verb.
How old was I when my brother was born?
7.