This is the smallest number of sentences a paragraph must have.
What is three?
100
This is the smallest number of paragraphs that an essay must have.
What is three?
100
Every sentence must begin with this.
What is a capital letter?
100
This is the total number of points you can get on the FSA writing exam.
What is 10?
100
This is a sentence or piece of information that you can use to support your opinion or claim in your writing.
What is evidence?
200
This is usually the first sentence of a paragraph. It includes the main idea.
What is the topic sentence?
200
In this type of essay, you give and explain your opinion on a topic, and you try to convince your reader to agree with you.
What is "argumentative" or "persuasive"?
200
This is a one-letter word that must always be capitalized.
What is "I"?
200
On the FSA writing exam, this is the highest number of points you can get for PFO, EE, and Conventions. (List the 3 numbers in order).
What are 4, 4, and 2?
200
This is the name for the symbol we need to put at the beginning and end of our evidence if we are using someone else's words.
What are quotation marks?
300
This is usually the last sentence of a paragraph. It can summarize the paragraph, or it can function as a transition to the next paragraph.
What is the conclusion sentence?
300
This is probably going to be the longest paragraph or section of your essay.
What is the body?
What is the middle section?
300
This word is the plural form of "child." (spell it.)
What is "children"?
300
In an argumentative essay, this is a sentence stating the opposite of your opinion. And you will need to include it if you want to get 4 points for PFO.
What is a counter-argument?
What is a counter-claim?
What is an opposing argument?
What is an opposing claim?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! -- A _____ is a sentence or phrase that someone else said. It's someone else's words, not your words.
What is a quote?
400
This part of the paragraph does not state the main idea. It contains only reasons, examples, or details to support the main idea.
What is the body?
400
These are the three parts of an essay, in order.
What are the introduction, body, and conclusion?
400
1. I have been going to Englewood since 2014. -----
2. I have went to Englewood since 2014. -----
3. I am going to Englewood since 2014. -----
4. I went to Englewood since 2014.
What is "I have been going to Englewood since 2014."?
400
This is how many points you will get in the "Evidence and Elaboration" category if your essay is OK, but you didn't cite any evidence from the text.
What is one point?
400
This is called paraphrasing.
What is when you change someone else's statement so that it is different from they way they originally said it.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What does ACES stand for?
A=Answer the question ; C=Cite evidence from the text ; E=Explain or Elaborate ; S=Summary sentence
500
This is where a reader should find your claim or main point (or thesis) in an essay.
What are the introduction paragraph and conclusion paragraph?
500
1. My grandmother used to say "she loves me" every day. -----
2. My grandmother used to said "she loves me" every day -----
3. My grandmother used to say "I love you" every day. -----
4. My grandmother used to said "I love you" every day.
What is "My grandmother used to say "I love you" every day.
500
This is the number of points you will get on the FSA writing exam if you have perfect punctuation and grammar, you cite 2 strong pieces of evidence from the texts and explain them, you stay focused on your topic, but you forgot to include a counter argument.
What is 7 points?
500
This is what you could be accused of if you cite evidence from a text, but you don't give credit to the person who originally said it. It's a long word that starts with a P.