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This is the first sentence of an intro paragraph and should make the reader want to read more.

What is a hook?

100

This is where the main point of your body paragraphs is located.

What is the topic sentence?

100

This is the purpose of a conclusion paragraph (bonus points if you can get both).

What is reinforce the thesis and summarize the main points?

100

This is a group of words that may or may not stand on their own as a sentence but at least have a subject and predicate.

What is a clause?

100

This comes after the hook in an intro paragraph.

What is context?

200

This is established in the intro paragraph and gives background on whatever you're covering.

What is context?

200

This backs up your topic sentences.

What is evidence/supporting detail?

200

True or False: The first sentence of your conclusion paragraph should restate your thesis word for word so the audience remembers it.

What is false?

200

This cannot stand on its own as a sentence.

What is a dependent clause?

200

This is the personality and tone you're trying to capture in your essay.

What is the writerly persona?

300

The thesis statement appears here.

What is the final sentence of the intro paragraph?

300

This is the number of supporting details you should generally give for each main point.

What is about two?

300

These 2–3 sentences in your conclusion paragraph show why your argument matters by reiterating the main points.

What are summarization sentences?

300

The following sentence is an example of this type of sentence structure error: Because she exercised.

What is a fragment?

300

This is comes before evidence and analysis in body paragraphs.

What is a topic sentence?
400

This is the usual length of context given in the intro paragraph.

What is 2–3 sentences?

400

This is another name for a topic sentence and states that something is true.

What is a claim?

400

This is one of the common mistakes we see in conclusion paragraphs.

What is:

Copying/Pasting Theses

Surprise Endings

No Closure

400

This is an example of a subordinating word which leads to a dependent clause (bonus points for more than one).

What is “who,” “when,” “although,” “as,” “because,” “if,” “since,” “that,” “which,” or “why"?

400

The following sentence is an example of this type of sentence structure error: I came I saw I conquered.

What is a run-on/fused sentence?

500

This is one way to establish context in the intro paragraph.

What is: 

  • Explain the larger context of your topic by describing how it fits into ongoing conversations.
  • Forecast your essay by briefly summarizing the way your essay’s organized.
  • Give background info to help catch readers up.
  • Connect your subject to the reader’s interests or values to establish common ground.
  • Tell a short story or anecdote.
  • Pose a question about the topic you’ll explore.
  • Jump right into a narrative, starting as close to the main action as possible.
500

This makes up the majority of body paragraphs.

What is analysis?

500

This is one of the five ways to reinforce your thesis.

What is:

1.Reiterating Your Point

2.Discussing the Implications of Your Argument

3.Asking a Question

4.Referring Back to Your Opening

5.Propose Some Kind of Action

500

The following sentence is an example of this type of sentence structure error: My biology class has been stressful, it requires a lot of reading.

What is a comma splice?

500

These are all three pillars of all good writing.

What is research, language, and writerly persona?