What's in an essay?
Dictionary All Stars
Parts of Speech
Test Strategy
Expository or Narrative?
100
The part of an essay that tells your main idea in one sentence.
What is a thesis (or controlling idea)?
100
This is how the words in a dictionary are arranged.
What is alphabetical order?
100
This is the part of speech for people, places, things, and ideas.
What is a noun?
100
This is the amount of time you should spend brainstorming on your essay.
What is 5 to 10 minutes?
100
This is a prompt that asks you to write about a personal experience.
What is a narrative prompt?
200
The first paragraph of your essay (that should end with your thesis).
What is the introduction?
200
This is the correct dictionary order for the following words: missing maritime marine
What is marine, maritime, and missing?
200
This is the part of speech of an action word.
What is a verb?
200
This is how you should plan to start your essay (you should do this before writing it).
What is brainstorming or outlining?
200
This is a prompt that asks you to decide between two options or explain something.
What is an expository prompt?
300
This is what you put at the very beginning of your essay to capture your readers' attention and make them want to keep reading.
What is the hook?
300
This is how your dictionary divides up the syllables of each word.
What is with a dot between each syllable?
300
This is the part of speech for a descriptive word.
What is an adjective?
300
These are the most important things to have on your essay outline.
What is a thesis and topic sentences?
300
This is a prompt that asks you to talk about a time you tried something new.
What is a narrative prompt?
400
These are the three paragraphs where you lay our your evidence and details. Each one has a topic sentence.
What is the body of the essay?
400
This is a word that means the same thing as another word.
What is a synonym?
400
This is the part of speech that replaces a noun (ex: he, she, they).
What is a pronoun?
400
This is how long you should spend using the dictionary on one question.
What is no longer than 10 minutes?
400
This is the kind of prompt that includes a quote or statement.
What is an expository prompt?
500
This is how the STAAR refers to a "thesis".
What is a controlling idea?
500
This is the part of the dictionary that will give you synonyms and antonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
500
This is what we call a specific person, place or idea (ex: Carlos, The Pacific Ocean, Wendy's).
What is a proper noun?
500
This is what you should do if you are not sure of the correct answer on a multiple choice question.
What is pick between the two best choices?
500
This is the kind of prompt that requires a strong main idea, topic sentences, and good details.
What is both narrative and expository?
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