To include direct information from a piece of text.
What is cite evidence?
100
This is what a basic essay includes.
What is an introduction, body, and conclusion?
100
These types of nouns should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
200
The purpose of an opinion essay.
What is state an opinion?
200
This is what should be done after the draft is written to ensure the writer's thoughts are complete and the punctuation and spelling are correct.
What is revise and edit?
200
This word, indicating 2nd person point-of-view, should be avoided in all opinion and informational essays!
What is "you?"
200
The purpose of this is to share basic information on the topic and the opinion/thesis statement to the readers.
What is the introduction?
200
Words copied directly from this should always be spelled correctly.
What is the text?
300
Informational writing is written in this POV.
What is third person?
300
You should begin any writing piece with a...
What is a hook?
300
The phrase: According to the text... followed by " " is an example of this.
What is quoting text or using an evidence based term?
300
This is where the evidence, examples, and elaboration go in an essay.
What are the body/middle paragraphs?
300
Titles of books should always be ___________ whereas titles of articles should be in ______________.
What is underlined and quotation marks?
400
The purpose of an opinion essay is to give reasons. The purpose of an informational essay is to...
What is present facts?
400
Informational or Opinion:
Most of the world's chocolate comes from South America.
What is an Informational Piece?
400
E_________ is specific information from the text
whereas e___________ adds more detail and expands
on the specific information.
What is evidence and elaboration/explanation?
400
The purpose of the conclusion is to restate the thesis/opinion and end with this.
What is an exciting ending?
400
Apostrophes should not be used in plural nouns. They should be used when showing this.
Example:
The three girls ran to the room.
The girl's room was so messy, she had to clean it.
What is possesion?
500
This is the focus of an informational essay. It's what the writer wants to say about the topic.
What is a thesis?
500
Informational or Opinion.
Scissors are extremely dangerous for people of all ages.
What is an opinion?
500
Effective writing includes word choices that are precise and vocabulary that is academic and specific to the topic. It does not include slang or exclamations (cool, awesome). This is called _________.
What is appropriate language/ Written Language/ Formal Language?
500
These words connect one idea to the next in a piece of writing. They are important to have in an essay so the writing is logical and organized and easy to understand for the reader.
What are transition words?
500
When the subject and the verb match in a sentence.
Singular:
The boy has homework.
Plural:
The boys have homework.