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Potent Potables
A House of Cards
Ends in '-iting Patterns'
Be Honest
Thesis Sparta!
100
This punctuation mark can separate independent clauses in a compound sentence
What is a semicolon?
100
These are the three basic parts of any essay or report.
What is the introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion?
100
This writing pattern could highlight the differences between two topics.
What is compare and contrast?
100
This class uses this citation style.
What is APA (The American Psychological Association)?
100
A thesis must specifically state the topic and this.
What is the controlling idea?
200
This set of three prefixes are always separated from the root word by a hyphen.
What are 'ex-' 'all-' and 'self'?
200
In a five-paragraph essay, this is how many sentences should be used to outline the body paragraphs.
How many are three?
200
This writing pattern is known as the 'step-by-step' pattern.
What is the process pattern?
200
This is where the period goes when using an in-text citation.
What is after the parenthesis, at the very end?
200
This is the best place for the thesis to be located.
What is at the end of the introduction paragraph?
300
A hyphen gets used when writing out this number range.
What is twenty-one to ninety-nine?
300
This is how many structural sentences there are in a five-paragraph essay?
What is fourteen? (13 accepted since I said that in class when I didn't count rephrasing the thesis)
300
This writing pattern uses examples to show a fact.
What is illustration?
300
This separate page lists all of the sources used for an essay or report.
What is the Works Cited, Bibliography or Full References page?
300
"Always" and "never" are examples of these to avoid in thesis statements.
What are overgeneralisations?
400
This is the technical term for when a comma separates independent clauses.
What is a comma splice?
400
This is the easy way to write topic sentences for body paragraphs.
What is to rephrase (from the outline sentences in the intro)?
400
This uncommon writing pattern must use the first or third person.
What is narration?
400
These must be cited, are always in your own words, and include a main idea and supporting details
What are summaries?
400
One checkpoint for thesis statements includes looking for these loosely defined or unclear words.
What is vagueness?
500
This is the punctuation mark that separates an independent clause and a dependent clause, when the independent clause comes first.
What is no punctuation?
500
This crucial sentence in a body paragraph should blend the thesis and topic sentence.
What is the concluding sentence?
500
"COMM 1007 students should all be able to answer this question" is an example of this writing pattern.
What is the argument pattern?
500
Besides your own knowledge, own experience and common knowledge, this also does not need to be cited.
What are observable things?
500
This is how many times the thesis gets 'recycled' throughout a five-paragraph essay.
What is 4 times? (not counting the intro: part of each concluding sentence and rephrased in the conclusion).