Introductions & Conclusions
The very first sentence of your essay is called this. It's intended to grab your readers attention.
A hook.
The two ways to put your evidence in your essay are...
Direct quotes and paraphrase
Your elaboration should be at least this many sentences long.
At least 2 sentences long.
ITC stands for this.
Introduction, topics, conclusion
The FAST scores my essay out of this many points.
12
Your conclusion should be at least this many sentences.
At least 3 sentences.
True/False. I don't need to cite what source I got my evidence from if I paraphrased.
False! You ALWAYS cite where you got your evidence!
True/False. In my elaboration, I can restate what my evidence says.
False! You want your elaboration to be your own thoughts/ideas/feelings/understanding of the evidence.
Name the 5 different paragraphs in an informative essay.
1. Introduction
2. Middle 1
3. Middle 2
4. Middle 3
5. Conclusion
Your body paragraphs should be at least this many sentences long.
At least 10.
True/False: You can't include new ideas and evidence in your conclusion.
True!
EBT stands for this.
Evidence based terminology.
I need this many pieces of elaboration per body paragraph.
2
An example of a second middle paragraph transition is this.
In addition,
Moreover,
Equally important,
Furthermore,
The three grading categories on the FAST rubric are as follows:
Purpose/Structure
Development
Language
The three necessary parts of an introduction are called these.
A hook, list 3 reasons, and closing statement.
When citing evidence using parenthetical citations, I put this in the parentheses.
The article title or page number
In my elaboration, domain-specific vocabulary is this.
Vocabulary specific to what your sources and essay are about. Using it demonstrates that you understand what the sources were about.
The A and B signify this in my outline.
The supporting details for the reasons
True/False. I should avoid using personal pronouns like "I" and "my" in my essay.
True! You want your essay to read as professional and factual as possible.
Your conclusion should include a 1 sentence summary of your essay, re-listing your 3 topics, a closing statement, and this.
Your final thoughts or feeling about the topic.
Two examples of an EBT phrase are these.
According to the text....
The text states....
The author of the text says...
Source ____ says.....
If I don't include elaboration in my essay, the highest score under Evidence and Elaboration on the FSA rubric I can get is this.
No elaboration gets you a 1.
"Ineffective" elaboration gets you a 2.
The purpose of a topic sentence is to do this.
Introduce what each body paragraph is about.
If I don't cite my sources, the highest score I can get under Development on the FAST rubric is this.
2