Writing EOC
This is the date you will take both the TDW and Multiple Choice writing questions.
What is Thursday, May 14th?
This sentence should go last in your introduction and list your supporting ideas in the order they will appear in the essay.
What is the thesis statement (or controlling idea)?
In the PEEL strategy, the "P" stands for this sentence, which connects back to your thesis.
What is Point (or Topic Sentence)?
Standard ELA.E2.R.1.5 requires you to follow a standard academic style guide for this to avoid plagiarism.
What is citation?
Which of these correctly fixes the run-on: "Red blood cells are constantly dying new cells are being made at the same time"?
What is B? (Standard C.4.1.b and C.4.1.d require using a semicolon to connect related independent clauses without a conjunction).
This specific mode of writing requires you to give your opinion and show why the opposing side is wrong.
What is Argumentative (or Persuasive)?
To engage the reader at the very beginning of an introduction, a writer should use this, such as an interesting detail or surprising statistic.
What is a hook?
In English 2, students are now expected to intentionally use this narrative mode within other modes of writing to support a claim.
What is a narrative excerpt or anecdote?
When investigating sources, you must analyze them for these two qualities to ensure they are appropriate for your inquiry.
What are credibility and relevance?
Which sentence correctly emphasizes or sets off information?
What is A? (A dash is specifically used to set off, expand upon, or emphasize information).
In an Informative (Expository) essay, a writer must give the positives and negatives of a topic and include this many of their own opinions.
What is zero (or "No Opinion")?
A conclusion should be at least this many sentences long.
What is three?
These are used before evidence and analysis to introduce new ideas and link major sections of the text cohesively.
What are transition words and phrases?
This process involves improving your writing by planning, editing, and considering feedback from adults or peers.
What is revision (or ELA.E2.C.5.1)?
Select the sentence that is free of the common usage errors.
What is B? (Using "there" for "their" is a frequent usage error that can prevent a student from meeting expectations on Trait 2).
This "Step to Attacking a TDW" should be completed before you read the provided passage to help focus your annotation.
What is Step 2: Draft your controlling idea?
In Step 3 of writing a conclusion, you should provide this to connect your topic to a real-world example or why the topic matters.
What is the "bigger picture"?
In the PEEL method, the Explain section should consist of one or two sentences that tell the reader this.
What is what the evidence means?
To refute a counterclaim effectively, a writer must use these words, such as "However," "But," or "Even though".
What are transition words?
Which sentence correctly avoids an inappropriate shift in verb tense?
What is B? (The first half of the sentence is in present tense ("reach"), so the second half must also be in present tense ("remain") for consistency).
In English 2, students are expected to refine these two types of skills to communicate with a variety of audiences.
What are written and oral communication skills?
When restating your claim in the conclusion, you must put it in different words rather than doing this.
What is simply "copy and paste"?
These are two common types of evidence you should use to support your main idea.
What are quotes from the text and personal experience/knowledge?
These three narrative techniques are used to develop experiences and characters when using narrative excerpts to support a claim.
What are dialogue, pacing, and description?
Which revision best improves the clarity of a paragraph that is "excessively wordy" or has confusing pronouns?
What is B?
*Standard C.5.1 requires revising to enhance clarity; using specific names instead of repetitive pronouns ("he") ensures the audience knows who is being discussed.