This is what you must read and decode before you begin writing.
What is the writing prompt?
100
You should do this every time you begin a new paragraph.
What is indent?
100
These are details that you can use for support that appeal to the 5 senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
What are sensory details?
100
Every sentence in your essay should begin with this type of letter.
What is a captial letter?
100
This is the sentence or sentences that should begin your essay and make the reader want to continue reading your essay.
What is an attention grabber or hook?
200
If you see the word explain it is this type of prompt.
What is expository?
200
This paragraph is considered the beginning of your essay.
What is the introductory or 1st paragraph?
200
These are personal stories that can be used for elaboration in your supporting paragraphs.
What is an anecdote or incident?
200
All of your sentences in your essay should end with one of these marks.
What is a punctuation mark?
200
This is what you should to the pronoun I and all of its different forms like I"ll, I've, and I'd no matter where they are in a sentence.
What is capitalize?
300
If you see the words persuade or convince it is this type of prompt.
What is persuasive?
300
These paragrpahs are considered the middle or meat of your essay.
What is the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th paragraphs or supporting paragraphs?
300
These types of verbs and adjectives create a mental picture for the reader and can be used for support.
What are vivid verbs and adjectives?
300
Your essay should have the proper form of this. There should be no slang or text messaging language.
What is grammar?
300
This is the type of sentence that you should end your essay with, and it should be memorable to the reader.
What is a concluding sentence or zinger?
400
This is what you do after reading and understanding the prompt and before you begin writing your essay. It should take between 5-10 minutes.
What is plan?
400
This paragraph is considered the end.
What is the 4th, 5th, or concluding paragraph?
400
This type of support is when you use the exact words that was said or written by a person and must have quotes at the beginning and end of it.
What is dialogue?
400
After each transitional word or phrase you should have one of these punctuation marks.
What are commas?
400
These are the things that should be in the first or introductory paragraph to make sure your essay gets off to a good start.
What are the attention grabber or hook, thesis statement, 2 or 3 supporting reasons or arguments and concluding sentence?
500
This is the statement that answers the prompt directly and is the topic sentence for your whole essay. In a persuasive essay it should state your position or opinion on the topic.
What is the thesis statement?
500
These are words or phrases that are used to help your essay move smoothly from one idea to the next and one paragraph to the next.
What are transitions?
500
This type of language can be used as support and includes: alliteration, hyperbole, similes, metaphors, onomatopeia, personification, idioms and symbols.
What is figurative language?
500
If you do not put punctuation marks like commas, periods, quesiton marks and exclamation points where you need them, then your essay will be filled with these type of improperly written sentences.
What are run-on sentences?
500
These are three different types of figurative language. In one you use words such as boom, bang and crash because they sound like what they mean. In another you give human traits to something that is not human. In the last one you compare two things using the words like, as or than. Name at least two of them.