Organization
The amount of paragraphs in an argumentative/informative essay
Four or more
This essay is trying to convince your audience.
Argumentative essay?
This is the definition of claim. For which essay?
writer's overall argument or opinion, position
This is why you need textual evidence.
Prove/support your claim/controlling idea
Name 3 things that should NOT be in your essay.
repetitive, forget to cite, forget conclusion...etc.
Where should the reader see a clear controlling idea or claim?
Introduction and Conclusion
This essay prompt will tell you to explain something.
Informative/explanatory essay prompt.
Definition of controlling idea, for which essay?
What your essay is about, main idea(s)
This describes a direct quote.
word for word from the text, exact words from the source
This is the first step you should take when you sit down to begin your essay.
Read and unwrap the prompt using TAP?
These are words or phrases used to connect paragraphs together.
Transitions
An argument essay has one but an explanatory essay does not. This tells your reader what your position and main idea(s) is.
Claim
This is the definition of textual evidence.
Information taken from the sources to prove/support your claim/controlling idea.
This describes paraphrased evidence.
a quote put into your own words
These are the second & third step you should take after reading the prompt.
Read, brainstorm, plan, t-chart, graphic organizer
This acronym is used to write the body paragraphs. Please also tell me what each letter stands for.
T R E E T
What is TREET?
Topic
Reason
Evidence
Elaboration
Tie it all together
These are the key words for an explanatory essay prompts.
explain or inform
What is precise reference to sources?
Cite evidence, say which source it came from.
A way to introduce evidence
according to..., x author states, the author of source..., etc
You should ALWAYS do this before you submit your essay.
Read over it again OR spell check
The names of all parts/paragraphs in an essay.
Introduction-hook, introduce topic, claim/controlling idea,
Body/reason #1 REET, Body/reason #2 REET,
Conclusion-claim/controlling idea...(varies)
Both an argument and expository essay need these two things.
textual evidence and a claim/controlling statement
What does elaboration mean, when should you elaborate?
Explains your evidence, tells the reader why your evidence is important and how it relates to your claim/controlling idea. Elaborate for each piece of evidence.
You put these around a direct quote
quotation marks
The total number of points you can get on an essay
10