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All essays for the FSA must be written in what style of writing?
Formal: Serious and objective
Casual: laid back and chill
Semi-formal: 1/2 serious and 1/2 casual
Subjective: focus on yourself "I, I, I"
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Elaboration is defined as
Repeating the evidence in different words.
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
Telling more about the evidence
Details used when telling about an interesting event or idea
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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
Organize, plan, read, revise
Proof read, revise, and edit
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What is the correct order for an informative essay?
Conclusion, 3 Body paragraphs, and Introduction
3 Body paragraphs, Introduction, and conclusion
Introduction, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion.
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Which elaboration matches with this thesis?
The percentage of salt in seawater varies.
Lowering snow’s melting point, salt makes snow melt quicker.
Seawater can contain anywhere from 1% to 5% salt.
Cooks use many different kinds of salt to season dishes.
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After reading and gathering textual evidence, you should
Organize ideas and evidence into a web graphic organizer.
Create a thesis with 3 reasons
Start typing
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What do you do if the prompt is opinion?
Discuss the opposite side or counterargument in the 4th body
Organize the evidence that supports my claim.
Choose a side of the topic to support or reject.
Evaluate the pros and the cons
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Evidence & elaboration should discuss the same aspect/part of the topic.
True
False
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After writing, what should you do with the extra time?
Sleep
Submit
Review, review, reread, rewrite, and edit.
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What do you do if the prompt is explanatory?
Justify
Explain or inform
Evaluate
Argue
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Should you clump all of your evidence and elaboration together?
No, each elaboration must be SPECIFIC to its evidence.
Yes, It will make more sense.
No, each piece of evidence must be explained separately.
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
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Which elaboration matches this thesis?
People often use salt to preserve foods.
Lowering snow’s melting point, salt makes snow melt more.
Salt helps to preserve fish.
Two common types of salt include sea salt and kosher salt.
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The formula for a THESIS STATEMENT is
E = Mc2
Topic + Opinion + 3 Reasons
Topic x 3 reasons
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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
the thesis or controlling idea.
the evidence
the introduction
The hook
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What does a quality conclusion include?
Transition and thesis restatement.
Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
Summary
New evidence
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How should you begin each body paragraph?
Citation of evidence: According to...
Transition and reason: Moreover because...
Summary sentence: All in all,...
Transition, restatement of thesis, and a reason: Initially,.
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Informative essays incorporate
Beliefs and thoughts
Definitions and data
Facts, statistics, and primary and secondary sources.
Opinions
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What is the correct order for building an effective body paragraph?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize (2 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (4 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (1 time)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (3 times)
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Logical organization means...
The essay has a sensible structure from beginning to end.
The essay does not make sense.
The essay needs to be rewritten.
The essay has a logical organization
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How many paragraphs do you write for a multi-paragraph essay?
2
4
3
5
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Examples of an effective Hook or attention-grabber is
Question: Do you watch movies? Well, I have.
Thought: As I sat and watched the meteor shower, I wondered
Description: The large screen glowed in the dark theater.
Dialogue: "Jay, I want to take you on a date" Sara blurted.
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What are the correct parts of an effective introduction?
Thesis, Hook, Transition Sentence
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
Hook, Transition Sentence, and Thesis
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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Opinions
Examples and concrete details
Lots of personal stories
Definitions and facts
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Argumentative writing MUST include
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A claim, counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal
A claim
A conclusion
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What kind of chart would be suitable for annotating and organizing a 3 passage text set?
A 2 circle Venn Diagram
A 3 column chart
A 3 circle Venn Diagram
A 2 column chart
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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
Good, bad, nice, said
In my opinion
Personally
I, me, my, mine
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Examples of
precise
and
mature language
would be
Ogre, Coaxing, Ridiculing, Discussing
Awesome, Disastrous, Stupendous, As a matter of fact, Items.
Said, Walk
Good, bad, nice, things
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A thesis is also known as
A main idea
A focus statement
A claim
A controlling idea
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How do you cite the author?
As stated by Lisa New, in article two, it states "....."
According to Jamie in the thing he wrote...
Based on txt 2, Jamie Oliver say "..."
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Reliable
and
valid
evidence is
Proven
Based on opinions
Accurate
Trustworthy
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Examples of transition words are...
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
Never, Always, Sometimes
One, two, three, four
