Parts of Speech
Person, Place, Thing, and Idea
What is a Noun?
F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.
What are coordinated conjunctions?
The strategy used to answer a SCR question
What is R.A.C.E.?
This paragraph contains a hook, a topic sentence, background information, and a claim/thesis statement.
What is an introduction paragraph?
The first element of the plot of a story
What is exposition?
Action, it's what you do.
What is a verb?
either/or, neither/nor, both/and, not only/but also
What are correlative conjunctions?
Restate the question
What does the R stand for?
This paragraph contains a topic sentence, text evidence, and an explanation of how the text evidence supports your thesis/claim.
What is a body paragraph?
The third element of the plot in a story?
What is the climax?
Descriptive words for persons, places, things, or ideas
What is an adjective?
after, although, because, as, if, that, though
What are subordinate conjunctions?
Cite the text evidence
What does the C stand for?
5 paragraphs
How many paragraphs are expected for my essay?
The fourth element of the plot in a story?
What is falling action?
Desciptive word used to describe a verb
What is an adverb?
Combines two phrases of the same size; simple sentence and simple sentence, fragment and fragment.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
Answer the question in it's own sentence or with the previous sentence.
What does the A stand for?
This paragraph has a summary of the body paragraphs, a final thought, and sometimes a call to action.
What is a closing paragraph?
The second element of the plot in a story
What is rising action?
Word parts added to the beginning or end of a word to change the meaning.
What are affixes? What are suffixes and prefixes?
Used to combine a fragment with a simple sentence and simple sentence with a fragment.
What are subordinate conjunctions?
Explain and elaborate how the text evidence supports your answer.
What does the E stand for?
The types of essays you could write for this years STAAR ECR?
What are informational and argumentative?
The last element of the plot in a story?
What is Resolution?