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What do you do if the prompt is explanatory?
Evaluate or give the value of
Argue or persuade
Explain or inform
Justify or say why something is right
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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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After writing, what should you do with the extra time?
Submit
Review, review, reread, rewrite, and edit.
Sleep
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
Teacher who give group projects encourage team work.
Strong
Weak
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A thesis is also known as
A controlling idea
A focus statement
A main idea
A claim
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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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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
Good, bad, nice, things, and stuff (dead words)
In my opinion and I think
I, me, my, mine, personally
You, yours, you're
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What are the correct parts of an effective introduction? (Select the correct order)
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
Thesis, Hook, Transition Sentence
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
Hook, Transition Sentence, and Thesis
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What is the correct order for building an effective body paragraph?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (4 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (1 time)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (3 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summarize (2 times)
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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
Dialogue:"Jay, I want to take you on a date" Sara blurted.
Description: The large screen glowed in the dark theater.
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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
False
True
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How long is the FSA Writing Assessment?
120 minutes
65 minutes
240 minutes
95 minutes
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Language Arts/ English is made up of these four skills
Intro, Thesis, Body, and Conclusion
Sleeping, Waking, Eating, and Drinking
Comprehension, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Phonics
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
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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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Elaboration is defined as
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
Repeating the evidence in different words.
Telling more about the cited evidence
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
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Match the correct elaboration to:
The percentage of salt in seawater varies on the location.
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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Examples of transition words are...
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
Never say never and The fact that
Never, Always, Sometimes
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If you do not know the author's name, what do you cite?
The entire title of the text (Lord of the Flies).
The page number (4).
The website (www.huffpost.com).
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Strong vs. weak topic sentence:
Next, I will tell you about smart phone games.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
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Argumentative writing MUST include
A claim
A claim, counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A conclusion
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Should you clump all of your evidence and elaboration together?
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
No, each piece of evidence must be explained separately.
Yes, It will make more sense.
No, each elaboration must be SPECIFIC to its evidence.
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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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After reading and gathering textual evidence, you should
Start typing
Organize ideas and evidence into a web graphic organizer.
Create a thesis with 3 reasons
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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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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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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
the introduction
the evidence
topic and the thesis
The hook
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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Opinions
Examples and concrete details from experts
Lots of personal stories
Definitions, statistics, and facts
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How many paragraphs are acceptable for the FSA Writing Assessment?
3 - 4 paragraphs
4 -6 paragraphs
1 to 2 paragraphs
4 paragrapghs
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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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Reliable
and
valid
evidence is
Accurate
Proven
Based on opinions
Trustworthy
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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Proof read, revise, and edit
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
Organize, plan, read, revise
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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?
Choose a side of the topic to support or reject.
Organize the evidence that supports my claim.
Discuss the opposite side or counterargument in the 4th body
Evaluate the pros and the cons
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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.
Students feel more energized to learn.
Sports keep young bones healthy.
Dance should be considered a sport.
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What kind of chart would be suitable for annotating and organizing a 3 passage text set?
A 3 circle Venn Diagram
A 3 column chart
A 2 column chart
A 2 circle Venn Diagram
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Name the four types of quotations.
Run, Block, and Summary
Run-in, Peppering, Block, Paraphrasing
Salt, Black Pepper, Cayenne, Curry
Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon
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A run-in quote
Starts or ends with your own words and flows into the 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.
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The FSA Writing Assessment is only one session.
True
False
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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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How do you cite the author?
According to Jamie in the thing he wrote...
As stated "How to Budget" the author states "....." (New 4).
Based on txt 2, Jamie Oliver say "..."
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Logical organization means...
The essay has a logical organization
The essay does not make sense.
The essay has a sensible structure from beginning to end.
The essay needs to be rewritten.
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The counterargument paragraph is made up of 3 parts:
counterclaim, evidence, and summary.
Counterclaim and 3 reasons
Counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal (with evidence)
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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 because it keeps it fresh longer
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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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Identify the key elements of an ARGUMENTATIVE essay, in sequential order.
Counterargument, Intro, Conclusion, and 3 Body Paragraphs
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, 1 Counterargument, and Conclusion
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What does a quality conclusion include?
New evidence
Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
Summary
Transition and thesis restatement.
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Informative essays incorporate
Explanations, definitions, and data
Beliefs and thoughts
Opinions
Facts, statistics, and primary and secondary sources.
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Examples of
precise
and
mature language
would be
Awesome, Disastrous, Stupendous, As a matter of fact, Items.
Good, bad, nice, things
Said, Walk
Coaxing, Ridiculing, Discussing
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The counterargument paragraph
comes before the conclusion; it supports the opposition.
comes in the middle of the essay.
comes after the introduction, and supports the main claim.
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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
Casual: laid back and chill
Subjective: focus on yourself "I, I, I"
