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