Essays
Your topic sentence for each of your body paragraphs is based on this part of your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
What is the first paragraph in an essay called?
Introduction
Your or You're?
_____ school is the best middle school!
What is your?
Identify the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence:
Even though I lost the race, I did my best. For that reason, I still had my ______.
reputation, dignity, despair, trait.
What is dignity?
True or false:
You can use first person's POV in an essay?
False
Your thesis statement is made up of these two things.
What are your claim and your reasons?
These paragraphs are in the middle of the essay and give me more details about what I listed in my thesis.
Body Paragraphs
This part of speech is used to describe something.
What is an adjective?
Identify the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence:
Daisy's most likable ______ is how nice she is.
reputation, despair, trait, dignity
What is trait?
These type of words are located at the beginning of a sentence to connect ideas and create organization. Examples include: first, then, last.
What are transition words?
This sentence is at the beginning of the introduction and tries to get your readers attention! Examples are a question or shocking fact.
Attention-getter or Hook
to, too or two?
She couldn't run other lap. She was _____ tired.
What is too?
Identify the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence:
Shawn had a _____ of being the funniest person in the class.
transform, trait, dignity, reputation
What is reputation?
True or False: a good essay is organized using separate paragraphs, with each paragraph focusing on a single idea.
True
The four types of hooks that can be used in an essay.
This sentence is at the end of your Introduction and briefly lists what you are going to talk about in the rest of your essay.
Thesis sentence
Who's or Whose:
______ scarf is on the floor?
What is whose?
Identify the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence:
Lyla was filled with ______ when her teacher said she was calling home.
despair, reputation, dignity, transform
What is despair?
How we describe characters in a story using speech, thoughts, actions and thoughts.
What is characterization?
The correct order of a body paragraph.
What is:
Topic sentence
evidence 1
explanation of evidence 1
evidence 2
explanation of evidence 2
concluding sentence
This paragraph ends your paper by using words like "overall"and summarizing what you talked about and found throughout your essay.
Conclusion paragraph
Their, there or, they're?
She is ______ little brother.
What is their?
Identify the vocabulary word that best fits the sentence:
I was _______ to join the club, but it ended up being a great decision.
transform, reputation, reluctant, burden
What is reluctant?
A definition printed at the bottom of the page.
What is a footnote?