Essay Parts
What is a thesis statement?
The roadmap to your essay
Whats the first step of an essay?
Dissect the prompt
What letters need to be capitalized?
Beginning of sentence, proper noun, titles.
What acronym do you use for body paragraphs?
RACES/RACECES
If you are given the five minute warning, and you are not quite done with your essay, you should...
What is a topic sentence?
The sentence at the beginning of a body paragraph that states the main idea of that body paragraph
After you dissect the prompt, you should...
Make a plan (what is your thesis, what are your body paragraphs going to be about).
When should you put a period?
At the end of every sentence.
What acronym do you use for introduction paragraph?
ANT
What does compare mean?
What does contrast mean?
Compare = how things are similar. Contrast = how things are different.
What is a summarizing sentence?
A sentences that gives a summarizes the paragraph and links the ideas back to the topic sentence or thesis
After you decide the topics of your body paragraph, you should...
Find evidence to support your ideas (topics).
When do you put quotation marks?
Around a title, and around direct quotes.
What does RACES stand for?
Restate the question, Answer the question, Cite your evidence, Explain your evidence, Summarize.
What is a sentence stem for an explaining sentence?
This shows, this proves, in other words,
What is a hook?
The first sentence in an essay that gets the reader's attention
If my thesis is: Dogs and cats are similar because they both make great pets, however they are different because they have different personalities...what would my body paragraph topics be?
Which sentence is correct:
1. Their are seven people too feed at the party.
2. There are seven people to feed at the party.
2
What does ANT stand for?
Attention grabber, Necessary information, Thesis.
What is a sentence stem for citing evidence?
In the text it says, the author states, in paragraph __ it says,
What is an introduction paragraph?
The first paragraph of an essay that contains a hook, necessary background information, and a thesis.
If my thesis statement is: Dogs are better pets than cats, because you can train to help with things, and they are usually more friendly...what would my paragraphs be?
How you can train dogs to do things, and examples of how dogs are friendly.
Which sentence is correct:
1. In the text it says, "the pond was frozen solid."
2. In the text it says ' the pond was frozen solid'.
1
When should you use RACECES instead of RACES?
When your topic sentence makes TWO claims (i.e. dogs are different than cats, because they have different personalities...vs. dogs make great pets because they are helpful).
What is a good transition word when COMPARING?
However, on the other hand