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How many paragraphs are acceptable for the FSA Writing Assessment?
4 -6 paragraphs
4 paragrapghs
3 - 4 paragraphs
1 to 2 paragraphs
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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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Strong vs. weak topic sentence:
Next, I will tell you about smart phone games.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
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The counterargument paragraph is made up of 3 parts:
counterclaim, evidence, and summary.
Counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal (with evidence)
Counterclaim and 3 reasons
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A thesis is also known as
A controlling idea
A main idea
A focus statement
A claim
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What do you do if the prompt is informative?
Argue or persuade
Justify or say why something is right
Explain or inform
Evaluate or give the value of
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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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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
the introduction
the evidence
The hook
topic and the thesis
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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.
Thought: As I sat and watched the meteor shower, I wondered
Question: Do you watch movies? Well, I have.
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Support the thesis w/ a topic sentence:
Social media helps students become strong writers.
Students are less likely to express themselves.
Some applications only allows 140 characters.
Social media encourages honest, precise writing.
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What is the correct order for building an effective body paragraph?
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Elaborate (2 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (1 time)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (3 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (4 times)
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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.
Organize the evidence that supports my claim.
Evaluate the pros and the cons
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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 website (www.huffpost.com).
The page number (4).
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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
False
True
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Elaboration is defined as
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
Telling more about the cited evidence
Repeating the evidence in different words.
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Should you clump all of your evidence and elaboration together?
No, each elaboration must be SPECIFIC to its evidence.
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
Yes, It will make more sense.
No, each piece of evidence must be explained separately.
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What does a quality conclusion include?
Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
New evidence
Summary
Transition and thesis restatement.
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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.
Dance should be considered a sport.
Sports improve the students' emotional health.
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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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Argumentative writing MUST include
A claim
A claim and counterclaim
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A conclusion
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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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Language Arts/ English is made up of these four skills
Intro, Thesis, Body, and Conclusion
Comprehension, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Phonics
Sleeping, Waking, Eating, and Drinking
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
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After writing, what should you do with the extra time?
Review, review, reread, rewrite, and edit.
Sleep
Submit
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What are the correct parts of an effective introduction? (Select the correct order)
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
Thesis, Hook, Transition Sentence
Hook, Background Information, and Thesis
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What is the correct order for an informative essay?
Introduction, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion.
3 Body paragraphs, Introduction, and conclusion
Conclusion, 3 Body paragraphs, and Introduction
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How long is the BEST Writing Assessment?
65 minutes
240 minutes
120 minutes
95 minutes
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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Opinions
Examples and concrete details from experts
Definitions, statistics, and facts
Lots of personal stories
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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
You, yours, you're
I, me, my, mine, personally
Good, bad, nice, things, and stuff (dead words)
In my opinion and I think
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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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Examples of transition words are...
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
Never, Always, Sometimes
Never say never and The fact that
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
Teacher who give group projects encourage team work.
Strong
Weak
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The Writing Assessment is in April 2, 2024?
False
True
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Examples of
precise
and
mature language
would be
Coaxing, Ridiculing, Discussing
Awesome, Disastrous, Stupendous, As a matter of fact, Items.
Said, Walk
Good, bad, nice, things
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All essays for the BEST must be written in what style of writing?
Formal: Serious and objective
Casual: laid back and chill
Subjective: focus on yourself "I, I, I"
Semi-formal: 1/2 serious and 1/2 casual
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A counterclaim
Argues and cites evidence to support the opposite side.
states the same point as the claim.
states the opposite of what you are currently arguing.
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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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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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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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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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The formula for a THESIS STATEMENT is
E = Mc2
Topic x 3 reasons
Topic + Opinion + 3 Reasons
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Relevant evidence and specific elaboration should
support and analyze the main points in the thesis.
discuss the same aspect/part of the topic.
skim over the non-essential parts of the topic.
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Identify the key elements of an ARGUMENTATIVE essay, in sequential order.
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, 1 Counterargument, and Conclusion
Counterargument, Intro, Conclusion, and 3 Body Paragraphs
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Logical organization means...
The essay has a logical organization
The essay has a sensible structure from beginning to end.
The essay does not make sense.
The essay needs to be rewritten.
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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
Proof read, revise, and edit
Organize, plan, read, revise
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
