What are the three main parts of an essay?
What is the Intro, Body, and the Conclusion?
Which part of the essay challenges the argument by addressing the position of someone who may not agree with it?
What is the Counterclaim?
Informative and Argumentative writing is in what point of view?
What is Third Person?
To include direct information from a piece of text.
What is Cite Evidence?
Choose the correct form of there/their/they're:
We went to _______ party last night.
What is Their?
What is the sentence that tells the main idea of the essay and includes the key points?
What is a Thesis Statement?
Which part of the essay demonstrates why the counterclaim in wrong?
What is the Rebuttal?
Effective writing includes word choices that are precise and vocabulary that is academic and specific to the topic. It does not include slang or exclamations (cool, awesome). This is called _________.
What is Academic Vocabulary / Appropriate Language?
This explains how a quote supports the topic sentence for your paragraph.
What is Elaboration/Explanation?
Identify the error in this sentence:
I wanted to go to the zoo but my mom wouldn't let me.
What is a Comma After the Word Zoo?
What goes in your conclusion paragraph?
What is Restate Thesis, Restate Topics, and a Final Statement?
Which part of the essay is the individual's conclusion about a text, topic, event, or idea? It is also a promise to the reader that the essay will address the argument.
What is a Claim?
These words connect one idea to the next in a piece of writing. They are important to have in an essay so the writing is logical and organized and easy to understand for the reader.
What are Transitions?
There should be at least this many pieces of evidence in each body paragraph.
What is 2 Pieces of Evidence?
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence:
The enthusiastic crowd loudly cheered as the exhausted athlete crossed the line and finished.
What is Enthusiastic and Exhausted?
What is the sentence in the body paragraphs that tells the reader what the paragraph will be about?
What is the Topic Sentence?
Which part of the essay draws in the reader and loosely introduces the issue? This sentence has no mention of the claim.
What is a Hook?
The purpose of this part of an essay is to restate the thesis and summarize main points.
What is the Conclusion Paragraph?
The phrase: According to the text... followed by " " is an example of this.
What is Quoting a Direct Source?
Identify the word that is spelled incorrectly and spell it correctly in your answer:
Historically
Definitley
Similarly
What is Definitely?
What is the purpose of an informative/expository writing piece?
What is To Inform/To Explain?
Which part of the essay is a statement that explains how the evidence supports and connects the evidence to the claim?
What is the Bridge?
This is what should be done after the draft is written to ensure the writer's thoughts are complete and the punctuation and spelling are correct.
What is Edit and Revise / Proofread?
Why do we need evidence in our essay?
What is to Support, Prove, and Explain Our Reasoning?
Locate all of the NOUNS in the following sentence:
This weekend, Brett and I had dinner with some of our friends from Pittsburg.
What is Weekend, Brett, Dinner, Friends, and Pittsburg?