Quote/Evidence
Should you use evidence/quotes in your introductory or concluding paragraphs?
No
What type of writing is a personal story?
A narrative
What are 3 reasons you capitalize a letter in a sentence?
proper noun
beginning of sentence
letter I
abbreviation (OK, Mr. )
Is this sentence a fragment, a run-on, or correct? The tall tree, the one that I loved to climb.
Fragment (Not a complete thought)
What does the first paragraph of an essay end with? Hint: It lays out the main ideas of an essay.
The thesis statement.
Where in your body paragraphs should your evidence take place?
After the Main Idea and before the Analysis.
What type of writing has a topic sentence, gives facts, and a conclusion to inform, explain, clarify, or define so that the reader learns something new?
Informative or expository
Is this sentence written in parallel structure? If not, re-write it using parallel structure.
While we were in London, we visited Big Ben, took a bus tour, and watching Hamilton.
Not parallel. While we were in London, we visited Big Ben, took a bus tour, and watched Hamilton.
What does each body paragraph need to begin with?
A topic sentence/main idea that states what is being discussed in the paragraph.
Name one thing you can provide at the beginning of your evidence to create a smoothly blended quote.
What type of writing is used to influence the reader with logic, language, and evidence?
Persuasive
Correct the grammar in the following sentence to align with formal/academic writing: i baked some cookies for my friends last night. they are going to laugh when they each taste one, and realize i axidentaly used salt instead of sugar
I baked some cookies for my friends last night. They are going to laugh when they each taste one and realize I accidentally used salt instead of sugar.
Is this sentence a fragment, a run-on, or correct? I love to write papers and I would write one every day if I had the time.
Run-on sentence (two complete thoughts should be separated by a comma+conjunctuon, a semicolon, or a period)
What do you need to do at the beginning of each paragraph, visually, to make your essay organization easy to read/follow?
Indent
Write a correct parenthetical citation using the following information:
Author: Zoe Mihalicz
Quote: I love English
Page Number: 84
"I love English" (Mihalicz 84).
What type of writing would it be if you were given reasons with supporting facts about a position and provided a counterclaim/rebuttal?
Argumentative
Transition words are used to show the order of things. List at least three transition words/phrases that might be used in a conclusion.
In conclusion; Finally; In summary; In short; All things considered;l Overall; To sum up; All things considered; etc.
Correct the following sentence using your knowledge of grammar: My cats who are only 7 months apart in age are inseparable.
My cats, who are only seven months apart in age, are inseparable.
In what order should you present your ideas in a body paragraph?
Main Idea, Evidence, Analysis, Last Thought
Name one of two ways (different than providing context or stating who is speaking) to blend a quote to make it flow with your own style of writing.
Using an elipses to break up long quotes (...) OR using brackets to signal you have changed part of the origina quote ([]).
What point of view should you use when writing expository, persuasive, and argumentative texts?
Third Person (No use of "I", "me", "we", or any other personal pronouns)
Correct the following sentence (run-on) using a semicolon and correct capitalization: After the movie, i wanted to go home and relax but my friends wanted to go for ice cream.
After the movie, I wanted to go home; my friends wanted to go for ice cream.
What are the three ways to fix a run-on sentence?
Write multiple sentences
Comma + conjunction
Semicolon
List the order and types of paragraphs you should have in an argumentative essay.
Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Counterargument/Rebuttal, Conclusion