Double check to make sure your quotations are correct! Also make sure you have a topic sentence, effective supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence.
*Remember- do not include random thoughts!
What is Step 8 of the 8 Step Method?
100
Break into pieces and then examine/explain each piece
What is the definition of analyze?
100
He enjoyed hunting humans for pleasure.
Who is General Zaroff?
100
This punctuation mark comes at the end of a question.
What is a question mark.
100
This is a word that is used to describe a noun. It tells you more about it- it adds information to the noun.
What is an adjective
200
Get a transition from the point to the evidence that supports the point.
What is Step 2 of the 8 Step Method?
200
Tell about; use specific details; paint a picture using words
What is the definition of describe?
200
This author wrote The Cask of Amontillado.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
200
This comes after a noun or pronoun and answers the question "What" or "Whom" after an action verb.
What is a direct object
200
An action word that can be used to describe what someone or something is doing.
What is a verb?
300
For quoted evidence, the parenthetical documentation- showing the page number(s).
What is Step 6 of the 8 Step Method?
300
Prove; give reasons for; give evidence
What is the definition of support?
300
This person was the victim of murder, and walled up alive.
Who is Fortunado?
300
A sentence does not always have to end with a period. To make your writing more exciting you can finish with a flouish and add this
What is an exclamation mark.
300
What is a SIMILIE
This makes a link between two ideas and emphasizes it by saying one is like another
400
Make your point! In a body paragraph this point is normally the first sentence and is called the topic sentence.
What is Step 1 of the 8 Step Method?
400
Make an educated guess, based on clues; come to a conclusion, based on facts you have been given
What is the definition of infer?
400
This person was forced to participate in the Most Dangerous Game.
Who is Rainsford?
400
This can be used to separate two clauses or to separate things.
What is a comma?
400
This includes 2 direct quotes and your thoughts.
What is a body paragraph?
500
Identify the source of the evidence- evidence is provided by narrators of stories, characters in works of fiction, or authors of the book. You must say who is talking.
What is Step 4 of the 8 Step Method.
500
Tell the details related to the subject matter; examine and give evidence
What is the definition of explain?
500
This author wrote The Most Dangerous Game.
Who is Richard Connell
500
It's useful when you want to show that an explanation or a list is coming.
What is a colon(:)
500
This is the approved format for writing an essay in high school.