Paragraphs
Each paragraph should contain a new one of these.
What is an idea/concept?
Transition statements are usually (but not always) located here in an essay.
What is the last sentence of a paragraph?
The following is an example of _____: "A really nice hotel close to Lake Michigan."
What is a fragment?
A run-on sentence is one that contains two of these without proper punctuation.
What are independent clauses?
A thesis statement is most often located in one of these two locations.
What is the first sentence of the first paragraph or the last sentence of the first paragraph?
The topic of a paragraph should be located here.
What is at the start of the paragraph?
There are many types of transitions. A transition that looks to investigate the similarities and differences in two ideas is called this.
What is a comparison?
An independent clause is more commonly known by this name.
What is a sentence/complete sentence?
FANBOYS is an acronym that will help you memorize all the coordinating conjunctions. They are....
What is a topic sentence?
The topic of a paragraph details what the paragraph is about. Following the topic sentence, there should be a series of these.
What are supporting sentences/supporting details?
Transitions that do not directly state what they mean employ a tactic of suggesting information. This type of transition is known as ______.
What is "implied?"
A sentence that includes two independent clauses joined by a comma and a conjoining conjunction (or a semicolon) is known as this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
This type of sentence is comprised of only a single independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
What is orient yourself to the argument?
Making ideas and concepts real and understandable is the job of this type of sentence (topic or detail)?
What are supporting details?
Of the ways to organize an essay, this type sorts the essay by the order in which events occurred.
What is temporal/chronological order?
A sentence that includes an independent clause and at least one dependent clause is known as this type of sentence.
What is a complex sentence?
What is "its?"
When writing an MLA in-text citation, you must include these two pieces of information.
What are author name and page/paragraph number?
Because paragraphs are _______, they may be moved around almost at will within a paper in order to adjust the sequence of writing.
What is modular?
"To illustrate," "for instance," and "such as" are phrases that set up these in writing.
What are examples?
A comma splice is a common error in which two independent clauses are joined by this, but without this.
What are a comma and a coordinating conjunction?
Two independent clauses may be joined by using a comma and a coordinating conjunction, or they may be joined with this.
What is a semicolon? (;)
There are three ways to use someone else's writing in your own work. Failing to cite someone else's work is plagiarism. The three ways to include another's writing are: Direct Quotes, Using Ideas, and this.
What is paraphrasing?