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100

The first thing your essay should start with.

What is a hook?

100

Number of paragraphs in the BODY of a traditional essay.

What is three (body paragraphs)?

100

What we call a final statement when you want your reader to take action after reading it.

What is a call to action?

100

The number of minutes you have to do a cold reading of the prompt and source text and write the essay.

What is 50 minutes?

100

First thing you should look at/do when you get the SAT essay.

What is "look at/underline claim in the prompt"?

200

The three parts of the introductory paragraph.

What are the hook, the intro to the topic, and the thesis statement?

200

Where should you get the specific examples from when you are showing support for your argument in your SAT essay body paragraphs?

What is textual evidence from the source text?

200

True or false?  You should not link back to anything from your introductory paragraph in the conclusion.

What is false?

200

What you should do FIRST when you get the essay.

What is look at the prompt.
200

The number of sentences you should have for your thesis statement.

What is one?
300
True or False?  Your thesis statement should be very detailed so the reader is left with no or almost no questions after reading it.

What is false?

300
Types of words or phrases you should use to move from one idea, sentence, or paragraph to another.

What are transitions.

300
What you do at the beginning of your conclusion paragraph.
What's restate the thesis statement?
300

What you should do while you are reading the source text.

What is taking notes/marking the text?

300

How you should refer to the author after introducing him or her by full name at the beginning of the essay.

What is last name?

400

True or False?  It is okay to include a direct quote in the introduction.

True

400
Type of sentence you use to start each body paragraph.

What is a topic sentence?

400

Your final sentence should be strong and leave a lasting _________________.

What is impression?

400

The rhetorical devices that can be used to analyze the source text. (HINT: Q1)

What are ethos, pathos, and logos.

400
Another word for "address" if your source text is cited as an "address."  (ex. President Lincoln's Inaugural Address)

What is a speech?

500

In the traditional essay format, this usually appears at the end of the introductory paragraph.

What is a thesis statement?

500

The three elements you must have in your body paragraph in order to have a well-supported argument.  Hint:  they all go together and you use them a lot in writing for your science classes.

What is claim, evidence, and reasoning?

500

What you should NEVER include in a conclusion paragraph.

What is new evidence?

500

Where you can and should go for practice taking the SAT.

What is Khan Academy?

500

The most important part of your essay.  Hint:  once you figure this out, you'll know what to write.  The topics of your body paragraphs come directly from it. This is your road map.

What's the thesis statement?