Planning
Mechanics and Usage
Six Plus One
Essay Format
Types of Writing
100

This is the first step to answering a writing prompt. 

What is brainstorming?

100

The use of this punctuation mark allows a writer to connect two clauses that are independent.

What is a semicolon?

100

This is the first component of the six writing plus one traits. 

What are ideas?

100

This age-old form of an essay works well for most scholarly tasks. 

What is the Five Paragraph Format? 

100

A list with two columns is also known as

What is Cornell Note Taking?

200

Writing one of these can help students work more quickly and efficiently. 

What is an outline?

200

To avoid plaigerism, teach students to 

What is paraphrase?

200

In this component of Six Plus One, student work is shared in some way.

What is presentation?

200

In a good five paragraph essay, there should be an introduction, the body, and a ...

What is a conclusion?

300

Be sure to tell the students to stick to the prompt to avoid this.

What is digression?

300

It is best to use this voice in an essay. An example is: "I have a dream today." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What is active voice?

300

This is the term for a writer's style. 

What is voice?

300

We tell high school students that a paragraph should contain at least this many sentences

What is five?

400

Also remind them that every sentence has two parts which are...

What are the subject and the predicate?

400

The opposite of Active Voice is exemplified in this sentence: A dream is had by me today. (Not Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

What is passive voice?

400

In this step sentences and paragraphs transition seamlessly into each other.

What is Fluency?

400

Many students forget to do this to signal the beginning of a paragraph.

What is indent?

500

Instruct the students to begin their essay with an engaging sentence aka a....

What is a "hook?"

500

Winston Churchill said this in response to the usage error he of which he was accused: "This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put." 

What is ending a sentence with a preposition?

500

The use of words is vital to this component of 6 + 1 writing. 

What is Vocabulary?

500

This is one way to begin a five paragraph essay. 

What is a rhetorical question?

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