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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.
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
No, each elaboration must be SPECIFIC to its evidence.
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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Lots of personal stories
Definitions, statistics, and facts
Examples and concrete details from experts
Opinions
3
Informative essays incorporate
Opinions
Beliefs and thoughts
Explanations, definitions, and data
Facts, statistics, and primary and secondary sources.
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After writing, what should you do with the extra time?
Sleep
Review, review, reread, rewrite, and edit.
Submit
5
Match the correct elaboration to:
The percentage of salt in seawater varies on the location.
I enjoy sea salt on my crackers.
Cooks use many different kinds of salt to season dishes.
Lowering snow’s melting point, salt makes snow melt quicker.
Seawater can contain anywhere from 1% to 5% salt.
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What is the correct order for an informative essay?
Introduction, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion.
Conclusion, 3 Body paragraphs, and Introduction
3 Body paragraphs, Introduction, and conclusion
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What do you do if the prompt is argumentative?
Evaluate the pros and the cons
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.
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Citation that is included inside the paragraph with the author's last name and page number is
In-text Citation
Internal Citation
Parenthetical Citation
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Examples of
precise
and
mature language
would be
Coaxing, Ridiculing, Discussing
Disastrous, Beneficial, As a matter of fact, Items.
Good, bad, nice, things
Said, Walk
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The formula for a THESIS STATEMENT is
Topic + Opinion + 3 Reasons
E = Mc2
Topic x 0 reasons
Insult the opposition.
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Elaboration is defined as
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
Repeating the evidence in different words.
Telling more about the cited evidence
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
12
What is the correct order of the writing process?
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
Organize, plan, read, revise
Proof read, revise, and edit
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
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All essays for the FSA must be written in what style of writing?
Formal: Serious and objective
Semi-formal: 1/2 serious and 1/2 casual
Casual: laid back and chill
Subjective: focus on yourself "I, I, I"
14
The counterargument paragraph
comes before the conclusion; it supports the opposition.
comes after the introduction, and supports the main claim.
comes in the middle of the essay.
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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
I, me, my, mine, personally
You, yours, you're
In my opinion and I think
Good, bad, nice, things, and stuff (dead words)
16
After reading and gathering textual evidence, you should
Organize ideas and evidence into a graphic organizer.
Start typing
Create a thesis with 3 reasons
Take a 15 minute break.
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Reliable
and
valid
evidence is
Accurate
Trustworthy
Based on opinions
Proven
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How many paragraphs are acceptable for the FSA Writing Assessment?
4 paragrapghs
3 - 4 paragraphs
1 to 2 paragraphs
4 -6 paragraphs
19
How do you cite the author?
According to Jamie in the thing he wrote...
You don't cite the author.
In "How to Budget" the author states "....." (Oliver 4).
Based on txt 2, Jamie Oliver say "..."
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What do you do if the prompt is explanatory?
Explain or inform
Evaluate or give the value of
Justify or say why something is right
Argue or persuade
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Which elaboration matches this thesis?
People often use salt to preserve foods.
Sugar tastes better than salt.
Salt helps to preserve fish because it keeps it fresh longer
Lowering snow’s melting point, salt makes snow melt more.
Two common types of salt include sea salt and kosher salt.
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What are the correct parts of an effective introduction? (Select the correct order)
Hook, Transition Sentence, and Thesis
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
Thesis, Hook, Transition Sentence
23
Examples of transition words are...
Never say never and The fact that
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
Never, Always, Sometimes
24
How should you begin each body paragraph?
Summary sentence: All in all,...
In conclusion,
Transition + topic sentence
Restatement of thesis
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Argumentative writing MUST include
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A claim
A claim, counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal
A conclusion
26
If you do not know the author's name, what do you cite?
The sentence number.
Nothing.
The title of the article.
The website (www.huffpost.com).
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When is the FSA Writing Assessment?
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
Monday, March 5th, 2018
Friday, March 2nd, 2018
Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
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What does a quality conclusion include?
Transition and thesis restatement.
New evidence
Summary
Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
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A counterclaim
states the same point as the claim.
Is wrong.
states the opposite of what you are currently arguing.
Does not need to be addressed.
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Identify the key elements of an ARGUMENTATIVE essay, in sequential order.
Counterargument, Intro, Conclusion, and 3 Body Paragraphs
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, 1 Counterargument, and Conclusion
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
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A thesis is also known as
A controlling idea
A main idea
A claim
A focus statement
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Logical organization means...
The essay needs to be rewritten.
The essay does not make sense.
The essay looks pretty.
The essay has a sensible structure from beginning to end.
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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
the evidence
topic and the thesis
the introduction
The hook
