Classification Essays
A good way to start any essay is with a statement at the very beginning that will grab your reader's attention. what do we call this attention-grabbing sentence?
Hook
When writing a personal narrative we are writing...
A) a research paper on a topic we find interesting
B) a story about something that happened to us
c) a book report about a book we enjoyed
B) a story about something that happened to us
Which word is correct?
Yesterday, I (make, made) an important decision.
Made
A character analysis essay focuses mainly on
A) the plot of a book
B) all the characters in a book
c) one particular character in a book
c) one particular character in a book
As far as we know, she is the only member of this class who lives in Thailand.
Remi
Edit this sentence to make it sound better.
Tim doesn't have no money.
Tim doesn't have any money.
or
Tim has no money.
To write a five paragraph classification essay, we need to break an idea into parts. How many parts do we need in order to write a five paragraph essay? (Hint: count only the body paragraphs, not the introduction or the conclusion. How many body paragraphs do we need in between?
Three
When writing a personal narrative, we describe the setting. What do we mean by the word setting?
A) Where the story happens
B) When the story happens
C) Both A and B
C) Both A and B
Mary is the noun in this sentence. Which word is the pronoun?
Mary said that she was tired.
she
We warmed up for a writing character analysis by interviewing each other and predicting how others would answer. Many of our predictions were correct because things we know about ourselves, we often see in others. What do we call this?
A) Projection
B) Selection
A) Projection
Uh oh! The classroom got a little noise one day while the teacher was out. A TA had to come in to settle things down. Luckily, our classmate was busy doing her work.
Candy
When we are writing our essays, it's a good idea to help our readers understand the order of our ideas. We can use words like first, next, and after that. These words are called ___________ words.
A) transition
b) translation
A) transition
A personal narrative needs three parts: a beginning, a ______________, and an end.
middle
Which pronoun is correct in this sentence?
John told (we, us) about his vacation.
us
We need three body paragraphs for a five paragraph essay. One way to get started with a character analysis essay is to use Body Paragraph 1 to ___
A) Give a summary of the book
B) Explain the purpose of your essay.
A) Give a summary of the book
This classmate likes desserts! She likes to make them, and she likes to eat them. Thai food, she told us is too salty. But...the desserts are good!
Candy
When writing paragraphs we start with a main idea sentence. The remaining sentences must relate to the main idea. What do we call these sentences?
A) details
B) detainers
A) details
When writing personal narratives, we keep the story moving forward by writing about problems. Another word for problems is...
A) Contents
B) Conflicts
C) Condors
Conflicts
Which adjective is correct?
This Chinese book is (harder, hardest) to read than that English book.
harder
When writing a character analysis we should try to show ____
A) the setting of the book
B) how the character changed between the beginning and the end of the book; or maybe a lesson the character learned.
B) how the character changed between the beginning and the end of the book; or maybe a lesson the character learned.
Although he's not exactly a classmate, this person showed up to every class, enjoyed listening to others speak and read and gave some tips on better writing.
Mr. Hawley
It's always a good idea to read through our essay before turning it in. We can easily correct small mistakes like spelling errors or missing punctuation. When we make these small changes it's called ___
A) Editing
B) Revising
A) Editing
A) Sensory words
B) Sentimental words.
A) Sensory words.
Which word is correct?
We waited for the (warmer, warmest) day to go swimming.
warmest
When writing the conclusion of our essay, we should repeat the essay's main idea sentence (but we should change the wording). Where do we find the essay's main idea sentence?
A) In the introduction
B) In one of the body paragraphs.
A) In the introduction
This classmate told us about getting a new history teacher from the US. She also told about how a boy in her class ruined her correction tape. Thanks a lot, MARTIN!
Remi