To include direct information from a piece of text.
What is cite evidence?
100
This is what a basic essay includes.
What is an introduction, body, and conclusion?
100
These types of nouns should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
200
The purpose of an informative essay.
What is explain a topic for a specific purpose
200
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?
200
This word, indicating 2nd person point-of-view, should be avoided in all opinion and informational essays!
What is "you?"
200
The purpose of this is to introduce the topic and the opinion/thesis statement to the readers.
What is the introduction?
200
Words copied directly from this should always be spelled correctly.
What is the text?
300
Argumentation is supported with this kind of information...
What is evidence from the text?
300
This strategy is often used when taking notes from documents provided:
What is using a graphic organizer? OR
What is annotating?
300
The phrase: According to the text... followed by " " is an example of this.
What is quoting text?
300
This is where the evidence, examples, and elaboration go in an essay.
What are the body/middle paragraphs?
300
Titles of books should always be ___________ whereas titles of articles should be in ______________.
What is underlined and quotation marks?
400
Argumentative essays should include these components:
What is Claim, Counter Claim, Rebuttal, and Evidence
400
This should be avoided when citing material from one or more documents provided:
What is a "quote dump"? OR
What is more than 20% quoting?
400
E_________ is specific information from the text
whereas e___________ adds more detail and expands
on the specific information.
What is evidence and elaboration?
400
The purpose of the conclusion is to restate the thesis/opinion and end with this.
What is an interesting thought or Big Idea?
400
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?
500
In both Informational and Argumentative Writing, possible commonalities include...
The focus of an essay comes from these, which are presented in the articles.
What are the big ideas?
500
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?
500
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?
500
When the subject and the verb match in a sentence.
Singular:
The boy has homework.
Plural:
The boys have homework.