Essay Structures
This is what you should do before you write the first draft of your essay.
What is brainstorm and create an outline?
True or False? Every paragraph has a main idea.
True! (Though you may not find it in only one sentence)
A sentence with one subject-verb group is ....
What is a simple sentence?
"As a result" is a signal phrase for...
What is cause and effect?
This is the story of a Vietnamese immigrant family and their relationship with their American landlords.
What is "Sandwiches and Neighbors?"
This has the topic and the claim for a whole essay.
What is a thesis (statement)?
You are reading and you see a new word. Two things you can do before you use a dictionary are...
What are
skip it, use context clues, look for a definition in the text, look for a contrast, guess from an example, connect to a word you know?
Two ways to create a compound sentence are....
What are
with a comma and coordinator/ with a semicolon/ with a semicolon, coordinator and comma?
"however" is a signal phrase for....
What is contrast?
This is the story of a Puerto Rican man's relationship with his father, and how he understands him more over the years.
What is "Knockoffs?"
This has the main idea for a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
A writer uses view, contrast, and assessment markers to...
What is show point of view?
"On the contrary" is a signal phrase for...
This is the story of a trans man's pregnancy and experience giving birth.
What is "Expecting?"
The three patterns of organization for essays in our class were...
What are logical division, cause and effect, and compare and contrast?
This is an idea that a writer introduced in an earlier sentence and then refers to again in a later sentence.
What is a continuing idea?
(This/These + noun)
A sentence with too many clauses that sounds like speaking is ....
"To be know as" is a signal phrase for...
What is a definition marker?
In this story, the narrator makes a traditional dish with her aging grandfather.
What is "Abuelos, Apples, and Me?"
These two kinds of essays may contain transition paragraphs.
What are cause and effect and compare and contrast?
When a writer divides a general term into different types this is called....
What is classification?
A sentence with two or more independent clauses written one after another with no punctuation is...
What is a run-on sentence?
"Thereby" is a signal word for...
What is an effect signal word?
In this story, the narrator tells about his feelings and experience leaving prison after his time there.
What is "Survivor's Guilt?"