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Identify the key elements of an ARGUMENTATIVE essay, in sequential order.
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, 1 Counterargument, and Conclusion
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
Counterargument, Intro, Conclusion, and 3 Body Paragraphs
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How should you begin each body paragraph?
Transition, main idea, evidence, elaboration
Summary sentence: All in all,...
Transition and reason: Moreover because...
Citation of evidence: According to...
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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.
Evaluate the pros and the cons
Organize the evidence that supports my claim.
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Should you clump all of your evidence and elaboration together?
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
Yes, It will make more sense.
No, each elaboration must be SPECIFIC to its evidence.
No, each piece of evidence must be explained separately.
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Language Arts/ English is made up of these four skills
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Sleeping, Waking, Eating, and Drinking
Comprehension, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Phonics
Intro, Thesis, Body, and Conclusion
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The counterargument paragraph is made up of 3 parts:
Counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal (with evidence)
counterclaim, evidence, and summary.
Counterclaim and 3 reasons
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How long is the FSA Writing Assessment?
65 minutes
95 minutes
120 minutes
240 minutes
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All essays for the FSA must be written in what style of writing?
Semi-formal: 1/2 serious and 1/2 casual
Formal: Serious and objective
Subjective: focus on yourself "I, I, I"
Casual: laid back and chill
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The rule of the Roman Empire ended over 1,500 years ago.
Weak topic sentence
Strong topic sentence
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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, 2 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion.
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How many paragraphs are acceptable for the FSA Writing Assessment?
1 to 2 paragraphs
4 paragrapghs
3 - 4 paragraphs
4 -6 paragraphs
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Citation that is included inside the paragraph with the author's last name and page number is
Parenthetical Citation
Internal Citation
In-text Citation
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Elaboration is defined as
Repeating the evidence in different words.
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
Telling more about the cited evidence
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
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If you do not know the author's name, what do you cite?
The website (www.huffpost.com).
The page number (4).
The entire title of the text (Lord of the Flies).
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Reliable
and
valid
evidence is
Accurate
Based on opinions
Proven
Trustworthy
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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
the introduction
the evidence
topic and the thesis
The hook
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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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A run-in quote
is just the lonely quote.
Only ends with your own words and starts with a quote.
Only starts with your own words and ends with the quote.
Starts or ends with your own words and flows into the quote.
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What do you do if the prompt is informative?
Argue or persuade
Justify or say why something is right
Evaluate or give the value of
Explain or inform
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Support the thesis w/ a topic sentence:
Social media helps students become strong writers.
Some applications only allows 140 characters.
Social media encourages honest, precise writing.
Students are less likely to express themselves.
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The Olympics only encourages competition, not friendship.
Weak topic sentence
Strong topic sentence
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
Teacher who give group projects encourage team work.
Weak
Strong
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The next paragraph is about how young and old use technology.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
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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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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Lots of personal stories
Opinions
Definitions, statistics, and facts
Examples and concrete details from experts
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What does a quality conclusion include?
Transition, restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
Summary
New evidence
Transition and thesis restatement.
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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Proof read, revise, and edit
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
Organize, plan, read, revise
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
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The counterargument paragraph
comes in the middle of the essay.
comes before the conclusion; it supports the opposition.
comes after the introduction, and supports the main claim.
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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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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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Informative essays incorporate
Facts, statistics, and primary and secondary sources.
Explanations, definitions, and data
Beliefs and thoughts
Opinions
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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
True
False
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Examples of transition words are...
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
Never, Always, Sometimes
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
Never say never and The fact that
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The FSA Writing Assessment is only one session.
True
False
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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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How do you cite the author?
As stated "How to Budget" the author states "....." (New 4).
Based on txt 2, Jamie Oliver say "..."
According to Jamie in the thing he wrote...
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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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Relevant evidence and specific elaboration should
discuss the same aspect/part of the topic.
support and analyze the main points in the thesis.
skim over the non-essential parts of the topic.
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Support the thesis w/ a topic sentence:
High schools should require students to play one sport
Students feel more energized to learn.
Sports keep young bones healthy.
Sports improve the students' emotional health.
Dance should be considered a sport.
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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 because it keeps it fresh longer
Two common types of salt include sea salt and kosher salt.
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Argumentative writing MUST include
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A conclusion
A claim, counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal
A claim
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Examples of an
effective hook
or attention-grabber is
Dialogue:"Jay, I want to take you on a date" Sara blurted.
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.
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Name the four types of quotations.
Run, Block, and Summary
Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon
Run-in, Peppering, Block, Paraphrasing
Salt, Black Pepper, Cayenne, Curry
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After writing, what should you do with the extra time?
Review, review, reread, rewrite, and edit.
Read a book
Submit
Sleep
