To Inform or to Not Inform
Opinion writing is written in this POV.
What is first person?
The first step in the writing process.
What is planning?
To include direct information from a piece of text.
What is cite evidence?
This is what a basic essay includes.
What is an introduction, main ideas/reasons, 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 about a certain topic?
This word, indicating 2nd person point-of-view, should be avoided in all opinion and informational essays!
What is "you?"
The purpose of this is to introduce the topic and the opinion/thesis statement to the readers.
What is the introduction?
Words copied directly from this should always be spelled correctly.
What is the text?
Informational writing is written for this purpose.
What is to give facts about a topic.
Using this type of graphic organizer is a good way to organize your main ideas/reasons and details:
What is a t-chart?
The phrase: According to the text... followed by " " is an example of this.
What is quoting text or giving a citation?
This is where the evidence, examples, and elaboration go in an essay.
What are the main ideas/reasons paragraphs?
What are to begin with and in addition?
This is the format of a reason paragraph in an opinion essay:
Reason Sentence
Detail 1
Elaboration
Detail 2
Elaboration
Detail 3
Elaboration
Wrap Up
These are the three sentences required for your introduction:
What are: your topic, your main ideas/reasons, and your wrap up?
A d_________ is specific information from the text whereas e___________ adds more and expands on the specific information.
What is a detail and an elaboration?
The purpose of the conclusion is to restate the thesis/opinion and end with this.
What is a wrap up?
The correct form of there/their/they're for this sentence is
The pythons are invading the everglades, ______ becoming an invasive species.
What is they're?
This is the format of a main idea paragraph in an informative essay:
Main Idea Sentence
Detail 1
Elaboration
Detail 2
Elaboration
Detail 3
Elaboration
Wrap Up
The focus of an essay comes from these, which are presented in the articles.
What are the main ideas/reasons?
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?
The correct form of your/you're in this sentence:
This is _______ homework, please make sure to complete it.
What is your?