Mid-term practice #2

What should you NOT include in an essay?

Where does the comma go? "Many students disagree" (Source 3, Paragraph 5).

Comma or no comma: She didn't chose him because she chose her as a partner.

If you are short on time on the SAT, you should bubble DIFFERENT letter answers on your answer sheet.

Is the attribution at the beginning or the end of the sentence? According to Ms. Susa, your grade is good.

Comma or no comma: I am tired yet I did well today.

Ikemefuna starts becoming friends with Nwoye and warming up to Okonkwo's family.

Comma or no comma: It's exciting and its fun.

Which words need to be capitalized? I go to coral shores high school.

Comma or no comma: I ate and I sang.

Comma or no comma: She didn't chose him nor her as a partner.

Comma or no comma: I choose him or I can also work with her.

Comma or no comma: Tomorrow I will go to the store and also to the beach.

Comma or no comma: My friend likes chocolate and eats it often

What is the last sentence of your introduction paragraph called?

You use the word "STATES" (instead of "says") in an FSA essay when you are quoting something WRITTEN.

Comma or no comma: Tomorrow I will take a test in science and one in math.

Who is the ill-fated lad in Things Fall Apart?

Where does the period go? According to Source 4, "A survey was taken"

Where does the question mark go? Source 1 asks, "Can we go on like this"

Should you capitalize "i" when used as a pronoun?

Comma or no comma: My friend likes chocolate and she eats it often.

Comma or no comma: I ran to the sign and I sat down.

A philosophical musing hook...

Which is NOT a FANBOYS word?

Comma or no comma: I did my best on the test but it wasn't good enough.

What rules Okonkwo?

Comma or no comma: I went to Orlando and rode the rollercoasters.

On the SAT, "main purpose" and "main idea" mean the same thing.

Comma or no comma: My mom and my brother like pizza.

An anecdotal hook...

You can almost always find the answer to "main purpose" questions in the blurb and first paragraph of an SAT passage.

Who was Okonkwo's second wife (once a village beauty)?

Comma or no comma: She didn't chose him nor did she choose her as a partner.

Use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action

What was the last event we read about (in CH 5)?

What does an argumentative essay have that an informative essay does not have?

"Everyone agrees with that statistic" according to Source 1. Where does the comma go?

What is a synonym for the SAT question "How does the passage SHIFT?"

A phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or composition

Who is Okonkwo's real son in TFA?

Who is the tragic hero in Things Fall Apart?

You should use different types of quoting sources in your FSA essay.

A rhetorical question hook...

One of Okonkwo's daughters