Essay Structure
What is the sentence that articulates your essay's argument called?
The thesis.
True or False: A thesis cannot be a question.
True. Your thesis should be a statement.
True or False: An introduction can only be one paragraph.
False. Introductions can be multiple paragraphs. In this class, our intros will typically be one paragraph because our essays will be relatively short.
True or False: Writing is a recursive process.
What is true?
Topic sentences are found in what type of essay paragraph?
The body paragraph.
Where is the thesis typically located within an essay?
Near the end of the essay introduction.
True or false: an introduction is the time to grab your reader's attention.
True.
This stage of the writing process allows a writer to develop ideas for the writing assignment.
What is the invention or prewriting stage?
What are the three foundational parts of an essay?
Intro, body, conclusion
True or False: A thesis is a statement of fact.
False. A thesis statement is an opinion or argument.
Two times, once in the intro and once in the conclusion.
This is the process of correcting spelling and grammar mistakes.
What is editing?
What is the minimum supporting points that an essay should contain?
At least two, though three is also acceptable
Name two things that the book says a thesis should be.
Options: Clear, a complete sentence, argumentative, defensible.
Name at least one thing the introduction should avoid.
Options: avoid rhetorical questions, using sources, and being vague.
This is the process of changing sentence structure, increasing coherence, adding transitions, and enhancing language.
What is revision?
All information in the entire essay should relate back to the _________.
Thesis.
Name two things that the book says a thesis cannot be.
Options: a personal preference, a question, a logical fallacy, statement of fact, a list of points.
Name at least one thing the conclusion should avoid.
Options: avoid any new claims, avoid repetition, avoid rhetorical questions.
This is the process of taking information from several different sources and making it all fit into a paper in a unified and coherent fashion.
What is synthesizing?