Introduction
The first thing your essay should start with.
What is a hook?
Number of paragraphs in the BODY of a traditional essay.
What is three (body paragraphs)?
What we call a final statement when you want your reader to take action after reading it.
What is a call to action?
The number of minutes you have to do a cold reading of the prompt and source text and write the essay.
What is 50 minutes?
First thing you should look at/do when you get the SAT essay.
What is "look at/underline claim in the prompt"?
The three parts of the introductory paragraph.
What are the hook, the intro to the topic, and the thesis statement?
Where should you get the specific examples from when you are showing support for your argument in your SAT essay body paragraphs?
What is textual evidence from the source text?
True or false? You should not link back to anything from your introductory paragraph in the conclusion.
What is false?
What you should do FIRST when you get the essay.
The number of sentences you should have for your thesis statement.
What is false?
What are transitions.
What you should do while you are reading the source text.
What is taking notes/marking the text?
How you should refer to the author after introducing him or her by full name at the beginning of the essay.
What is last name?
True or False? It is okay to include a direct quote in the introduction.
True
What is a topic sentence?
Your final sentence should be strong and leave a lasting _________________.
What is impression?
The rhetorical devices that can be used to analyze the source text. (HINT: Q1)
What are ethos, pathos, and logos.
What is a speech?
In the traditional essay format, this usually appears at the end of the introductory paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
The three elements you must have in your body paragraph in order to have a well-supported argument. Hint: they all go together and you use them a lot in writing for your science classes.
What is claim, evidence, and reasoning?
What you should NEVER include in a conclusion paragraph.
What is new evidence?
Where you can and should go for practice taking the SAT.
What is Khan Academy?
The most important part of your essay. Hint: once you figure this out, you'll know what to write. The topics of your body paragraphs come directly from it. This is your road map.
What's the thesis statement?