To Inform or to Not Inform
Writing that utilizes "I, me, we, and us," is written in what point of view.
What is first person?
The first step in the writing process.
What is planning?
To include indirect information in your writing that you knew previously.
What is background knowledge or information?
What does a basic essay include...
What is an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion?
These types of nouns should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
The purpose of an argumentative essay.
What is prove the claim of your argument?
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/or edit?
This word, indicates 2nd person point-of-view, it should be avoided in argumentative and informational essays!
What is "you?"
The purpose of this paragraph is to introduce the topic and the claim/thesis statement to the readers.
What is the introduction?
Words copied directly from this should always be spelled correctly.
What is the text or story?
Informative writing is written in this Point Of View.
What is third person?
Using this type of graphic organizer is a good way to ensure your essay is well organized.
What is an OUTLINE?
The phrase: According to the text... followed by " " is an example of this.
What is quoting text?
This is where the evidence, examples, and elaboration are detailed within the essay.
What are the body paragraphs?
Titles of books should always be ___________ whereas titles of articles should be in ______________.
What is underlined and quotation marks?
The purpose of an informative essay is to...
What is to present facts/information about the topic?
The best way to ensure you are on topic for essay writing is to what.
What is...Make sure you understand the writing prompt?
This adds more detail and expands on the specific information.
What is ELABORATION or To Elaborate?
This paragraph restates the thesis/claim and ends with a call to action, interesting thought, or a profound statement about the topic.
What is the conclusion?
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 possession or belonging to?
This is the "focus STATEMENT of any essay. It's what the writer wants to say about the topic.
What is a thesis or thesis statement?
The focus points of the FSA Writing essay are extracted from the FSA articles. These facts from the text that are included in your writing is called what?
What is textual evidence or in-text citations?
Effective writing includes word choices that are precise and vocabulary that is proper and specific to the topic. It does not include slang or exclamations (cool, awesome). This is called _________.
What is academic OR 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?