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What is the difference between a claim and a thesis
A claim has 2 reasons and a thesis has 3
What 3 elements belong in your introduction?
Hook, bridge, thesis/claim
True or false: A question is a good hook.
FALSE
What is the most important sentence in your ECR?
Claim/thesis
FALSE
What are key words to look for when answering a cause and effect question?
If...then, for this reason, as a result, because, consequently
What are key words to look for when answering a compare and contrast question?
However, different from, similarly, on the other hand
What strategy should be used for a SCR and an ECR?
R.A.C.E.
ONE
How much evidence is necessary in an ECR?
2 or 3
If you cannot find a word in Cambium, what should you ask for?
DICTIONARY
If a question is asking you to identify the "controlling idea", what should you look for?
The MAIN idea. The idea that is "controlling" the text.
Name all the strategies that can be done on Cambium.
Highlight, eliminate bad answers, enter notes
TRUE OR FALSE: Your testing administrator should give you a sheet of paper and a pencil.
TRUE! If they don't, ask for it!
If there is a drama, what elements should you highlight or pay close attention to?
Stage directions, anything related to setting, important dialogue
Organizational structure is...
Text structure: compare and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, sequential
Revising and editing: If one of your answer choices looks like this, what should you do?
The electricity went out, because of the thunderstorm.
ELIMINATE IT
Revising and editing: If this is one of your answer choices, could it be a correct option?
She didn't study for the test therefore, she was unprepared.
NO! There should be a semicolon before therefore
If you have to combine sentences, what are your options?
Semicolon, comma and a fanboy, conjunctive adverb
Revising and editing: What does a comma splice look like?
Two sentences brought together with a comma.
What is rhetorical question?
A question you don't answer
What is a rhetorical fallacy?
If your ECR is a response to a paired passage, how much text evidence should you have?
At least one example from each text
What is the format for an informational ECR?
Restate/ answer: thesis, CE, CE, CE, sum it up
What is the format for an argumentative ECR?
Restate/answer (claim), CE, CE, Counterargument and rebuttal, sum it up