Brainstorming
Researching
Drafting
Citing
Bonus Trivia
100

A single sentence, at the end of the introduction, that states the main argument

What is a thesis? (psshh, easy-peasy)

100

An article, book, or webpage that provides information about your subject

What is a source?

100

The acronym that describes the different parts of a body paragraph

What is PEEL?

100

The type of citations and format expected for your essay 

What is MLA style?

100

Name of tree species in Lord of the Rings

What is Ent?

200

Purpose of an outline

What is organizing ideas and structuring content?

200

Information taken from a source put in your own words

What is a summary?

200

The shape that resembles the organization of an introductory paragraph 

What is an inverted pyramid (triangle)?

200

Using information without citing the source 

What is plagiarism?

200

Star Wars Day

What is May 4th?

300

Two brainstorming techniques 

What is. . .

Mind-mapping (bubble brainstorm)

Dump-writing 

Discussion 

300

Four kinds of sources

What is. . .

books, webpages, documentaries, journals/articles, newspapers, YouTube videos, interviews 

300

One of the major purposes of a conclusion

What is adding real-world relevance?

300
Page that has all of your sources

What is Works Cited?

300

Minecraft species that was the result of a coding error

What is creeper?

400

Three parts of a thesis 

What is a topic/subject, claim/position, and reasoning/road map? 

400

Three places to find sources

What is 

Google scholar

Wikipedia

library

400
The different parts of a body paragraph (think of our  acronym)
What is point, evidence/example, explanation, link?
400

Number of sources required for this essay and number of those that can be digital sources 

What is 10 and 5?

400

An edible mixture of liquids and solids

What is soup?

500

The difference between your first and second outline

What is full sentences that all claim something?

500

Two things that make a good or reputable source

What is . . .

author/date

.gov, .edu, .org

published in a peer-reviewed journal 

not self-published 

500

Three types of hooks

What is. . .

anecdote/story 

statistic

interesting/startling fact

quote 

500

The thing wrong with this citation:

F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. New York, Penguin, 2002.

What is last name doesn't come first?

500

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What is loss.jpeg?