TEST TIME
The first thing to do when you sit down to take the test before you start writing
What is READING ALL SOURCES
To say something over again
What is REPEAT
The first paragraph of an essay
What is an INTRO paragraph
The location of a thesis
What is the LAST sentence of the FIRST paragraph and FIRST sentence of the LAST paragraph (reworded)
“My dog is big and brown.” is an example of THIS type of sentence
What is a SIMPLE sentence
2nd thing to do when taking a test
What is BEGIN AN OUTLINE
To learn something “by heart”
What is MEMORIZE
The first thing to write in the FIRST paragraph to grab attention
What is the HOOK
A thesis statement states the ____ idea of an essay
What is the MAIN idea or what the essay will be about
A clause that completes a thought
What is an INDEPENDENT clause
The most important thing to decide after reading the sources
What is the CLAIM or taking a position or your opinion
Another word for “change” (starts with M)
What is MODIFY
The 3 parts of the FIRST paragraph
The hook, background, and thesis
THIS is the part of the thesis that makes a statement about where you stand, or your opinion
What is a CLAIM
A clause that depends on something else to make sense and make is complete.
What is a DEPENDENT clause
A good idea to do when reading sources
What is TAKE NOTES and capture quotes to use
A word that means to look at 2 things and state similarities
What is COMPARE
The 3 parts of a thesis
What is concession, claim, and reasons
A thesis statement doesn’t include THIS, but these things need to be included in the essay
What are DETAILS or EVIDENCE or QUOTES
A dependent AND independent clause combine to make THIS type of sentence
What is a COMPLEX sentence
Before finishing a writing test, the LAST thing to always do
What is read everything you just wrote, check work, and make edits
A word that means to deduce or conclude from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. Make an educated guess.
What is INFER
What a conclusion paragraph should do
What is RESTATE, REWORD original thesis with recap of any evidence
The first line of a BODY paragraph that points back to and fulfills the promise of the thesis
What is a TOPIC SENTENCE
FANBOYS are this type of conjunction
What are COORDINATING conjunctions