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Parts of an Essay
Explanatory vs. Argumentative
Conventions
Reading the Prompt
Miscellaneous
100
The last sentence in your introductory paragraph
What is a thesis statement?
100
This type of essay examines ideas
What is an explanatory/informative essay?
100
This is at the beginning of every sentence
What is a capital?
100
This is who would be your readers
What is the audience?
100
The highest that you can score on the FSA writing
What is 10?
200
This sentence catches your attention and is first
What is a hook?
200
This type of writing defends an idea
What is an argumentative essay?
200
You do this at the beginning of every paragraph
What is indent?
200
Forming a question from the prompt helps to identify this
What is the topic?
200
What you read before anything else
What is the prompt?
300
These paragraphs should include your point (topic sentence), evidence, and elaboration, and a link.
What is a body paragraph?
300
In an argumentative essay, this is the idea you are defending
What is the claim?
300
This separates your ideas into chunks that make sense
What is end punctuation? . , ?
300
Identify which of these two writing formats needs to be used
What is argumentative or explanatory/informative?
300
[DOUBLE JEOPARDY] Double Points for Answering Correctly The three sections scored on the FSA writing.
What is (1) Purpose/Focus/Organization, (2) Evidence and Elaboration, (3) Conventions?
400
This information comes from the text and includes "According to the text..." or "The author stated..."
What is evidence?
400
Acknowledging the ideas of your opponents and arguing against it
What is a counterclaim
400
This should be used when citing an article
What is quotation marks?
400
You must use these to get your information for your essay
What is resources (articles, texts)?
400
Do this while you are reading
What is annotate the text, or highlight information that will support the topic and task?
500
This wraps up your essay and connects back to the thesis (Minimum of 1 sentence)
What is the conclusion?
500
This type of essay may have you describe or compare
What is an explanatory/informative essay?
500
This is used to cite the title of a book
What is italics?
500
Completing this step will help you to keep your essay focused and organized
Attacking or breaking down the prompt
500
This strategy helps to organize an introduction paragraph
What is the Funnel Strategy?