To Inform or to Not Inform
What is go with your gut?
The first you do when you start the test.
What is read and analyze the prompt?
To include direct information from a piece of text.
What is cite evidence?
This is what a basic essay includes.
What is an introduction, body 1, body 2, and conclusion?
These types of nouns should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
The purpose of an opinion essay.
What is state an opinion?
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 revise and edit?
This is how many pieces of evidence should be in every body paragraph.
What is more than one. (make sure you have one from 2 different sources)
The purpose of this is to introduce the topic and the opinion/main idea statement to the readers. You should include elaborations and the overall main idea.
What is the introduction?
Words copied directly from this should always be spelled correctly.
What is the text and the prompt?
This is how you decide on body paragraph main ideas.
What is find matches?
This is a good way to take notes on the articles.
What is an evidence table?
states, mention, explains, spotlights
What are cite verbs?
This is where the evidence, examples, and elaboration go in an essay.
What are the body paragraphs?
Titles of books should always be ___________.
What is underlined?
The purpose of an opinion essay is to give reasons. The purpose of an informational essay is to...
What is present facts?
Topic + Point
What is a main idea?
E_________ is specific information from the text whereas e___________ adds more detail and expands on the specific information.
What is evidence and elaboration?
The purpose of the conclusion is to restate the thesis/opinion and end with this.
What is a lesson or thought for the reader?
Apostrophes should not be used in plural nouns. They should be used when showing this. Example: The three girls ran to the room. The girl's room was so messy, she had to clean it.
What is possesion?
This is the focus of an informational essay. It's what the writer wants to say about the topic.
What is an overall main idea?
This is where you find the overall main idea for your essay.
What is the prompt?
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 appropriate language?
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 transition words?
When the subject and the verb match in a sentence. Singular: The boy has homework. Plural: The boys have homework.
What is subject-verb agreement?