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Support the thesis w/ a topic sentence:
Social media helps students become strong writers.
Social media encourages honest, precise writing.
Students are less likely to express themselves.
Some applications only allows 140 characters.
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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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How should you begin each body paragraph?
Transition and reason: Moreover because...
Citation of evidence: According to...
Transition, restatement of thesis, and a reason: Initially,.
Summary sentence: All in all,...
4
Logical organization means...
The essay does not make sense.
The essay has a sensible structure from beginning to end.
The essay has a logical organization
The essay needs to be rewritten.
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
Teacher who give group projects encourage team work.
Weak
Strong
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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Examples and concrete details from experts
Definitions, statistics, and facts
Lots of personal stories
Opinions
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A thesis is also known as
A controlling idea
A claim
A main idea
A focus statement
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Elaboration is defined as
Telling more about the cited evidence
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
Repeating the evidence in different words.
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
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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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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The next paragraph is about how young and old use technology.
Weak topic sentence
Strong topic sentence
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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
the introduction
topic and the thesis
the evidence
The hook
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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
Good, bad, nice, things, and stuff (dead words)
In my opinion and I think
You, yours, you're
I, me, my, mine, personally
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Support the thesis w/ a topic sentence:
High schools should require students to play one sport
Sports improve the students' emotional health.
Sports keep young bones healthy.
Students feel more energized to learn.
Dance should be considered a sport.
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Match the correct elaboration to:
The percentage of salt in seawater varies on the location.
Seawater can contain anywhere from 1% to 5% salt.
Cooks use many different kinds of salt to season dishes.
Lowering snow’s melting point, salt makes snow melt quicker.
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Examples of transition words are...
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
Never, Always, Sometimes
Never say never and The fact that
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
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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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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Proof read, revise, and edit
Organize, plan, read, revise
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
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Informative essays incorporate
Beliefs and thoughts
Opinions
Explanations, definitions, and data
Facts, statistics, and primary and secondary sources.
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The counterargument paragraph
comes in the middle of the essay.
comes after the introduction, and supports the main claim.
comes before the conclusion; it supports the opposition.
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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.
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
No, each piece of evidence must be explained separately.
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Relevant evidence and specific elaboration should
skim over the non-essential parts of the topic.
discuss the same aspect/part of the topic.
support and analyze the main points in the thesis.
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What are the correct parts of an effective introduction? (Select the correct order)
Thesis, Hook, Transition Sentence
Hook, Transition Sentence, and Thesis
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
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Argumentative writing MUST include
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A claim
A claim, counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal
A conclusion
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The rule of the Roman Empire ended over 1,500 years ago.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
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What does a quality conclusion include?
Summary
Transition and thesis restatement.
Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
New evidence
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What do you do if the prompt is explanatory?
Argue or persuade
Explain or inform
Justify or say why something is right
Evaluate or give the value of
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How do you cite the author?
As stated "How to Budget" the author states "....." (New 4).
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
Trustworthy
Accurate
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What do you do if the prompt is argumentative?
Choose a side of the topic to support or reject.
Evaluate the pros and the cons
Organize the evidence that supports my claim.
Discuss the opposite side or counterargument in the 4th body
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A counterclaim
states the same point as the claim.
states the opposite of what you are currently arguing.
Argues and cites evidence to support the opposite side.
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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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Identify the key elements of an ARGUMENTATIVE essay, in sequential order.
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, 1 Counterargument, and Conclusion
Counterargument, Intro, Conclusion, and 3 Body Paragraphs
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
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The counterargument paragraph is made up of 3 parts:
Counterclaim and 3 reasons
Counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal (with evidence)
counterclaim, evidence, and summary.
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Strong vs. weak topic sentence:
Next, I will tell you about smart phone games.
Weak topic sentence
Strong topic sentence
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The Olympics only encourages competition, not friendship.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
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Examples of
precise
and
mature language
would be
Good, bad, nice, things
Said, Walk
Awesome, Disastrous, Stupendous, As a matter of fact, Items.
Coaxing, Ridiculing, Discussing
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What is the correct order for building an effective body paragraph?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (3 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize (2 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (4 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (1 time)
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Examples of an
effective hook
or attention-grabber is
Description: The large screen glowed in the dark theater.
Dialogue:"Jay, I want to take you on a date" Sara blurted.
Question: Do you watch movies? Well, I have.
Thought: As I sat and watched the meteor shower, I wondered
