Unlock the Prompt
The thing you circle when unlocking a prompt
What is the topic?
The three things you could write about when you see the word "how" in a prompt
What are ways, steps, and strategies?
This is the number of paragraphs you should have in your essay
What is four?
This is what evidence is
This is what elaboration is
What is proof from you?
The thing you box when unlocking the prompt
What is the type?
The one thing you can write about when you see the word "why" in a prompt
What are reasons?
This should be included in the beginning to get the reader's attention and introduce the topic
What is the introduction
This is where evidence should be from in each body paragraph
What is different sources?
This is the amount of elaboration you should have in relation to evidence
What is equal or more?
The thing you underline when unlocking the prompt
What is the task?
The three things you can write about when you see the word "things" in a prompt
What are things, traits, or characteristics?
These help link ideas within and across paragraphs
What are transitions?
This is the number of times you should cite your sources
What is once per main idea?
This is what relevant elaboration must help prove
What is the point (MI of paragraph)
The two main types of writing you will be asked to do on the FSA
What are informative and opinion?
The topic and point of a paragraph
What is the main idea?
This is what each body paragraph should include
What is a main idea, 2 pieces of evidence, 2 pieces of elaboration, transitions, and a citation?
What is the point? (MI of the paragraph)
These are elaboration sentence stems
What is (answers will vary)?
These are the parts of a controlling idea
This is what everything in your essay should be helping to prove
What is the controlling main idea?
This is a type of conclusion pattern
What is (answers will vary)?
This is how you prove your point when only one source provides evidence for your point of view
What is a counter claim?
These are the four things relevant elaboration must do
What is prove the point (MI), must be new information, must connect evidence to MI, and put a picture in the reader's mind?