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How should you begin each body paragraph?
Transition and reason: Moreover because ...
Transition, restatement of thesis, and a reason: Initially, ...
Summary sentence: All in all, ...
Citation of evidence: According to ...
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Informative essays incorporate
Opinions
Beliefs and thoughts
Explanations, definitions, and data
Facts, statistics, and primary and secondary sources.
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Elaboration is defined as
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
Repeating the evidence in different words.
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
Telling more about the cited evidence
4
Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The next paragraph is about how young and old use technology.
Strong topic sentence
Weak topic sentence
5
Examples of transition words are...
Never say never and The fact that
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
Never, Always, Sometimes
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
Organize, plan, read, revise
Proof read, revise, and edit
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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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Relevant evidence and specific elaboration should
support and analyze the main points in the thesis.
skim over the non-essential parts of the topic.
discuss the same aspect/part of the topic.
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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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The FSA Writing Assessment is only one session.
True
False
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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
Teachers who give group projects encourage team work.
Weak
Strong
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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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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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How many paragraphs are acceptable for the FSA Writing Assessment?
1 to 2 paragraphs
4 paragrapghs
4 -6 paragraphs
3 - 4 paragraphs
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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
Good, bad, nice, things, and stuff (dead words)
I, me, my, mine, personally
You, yours, you're
In my opinion and I think
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How do you cite the author?
According to Jamie in the thing he wrote...
Based on txt 2, Jamie Oliver say "..."
As stated "How to Budget" the author states "....." (New 4).
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If you do not know the author's name, what do you cite?
The page number (4).
The website (www.huffpost.com).
The entire title of the text (Lord of the Flies).
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A thesis is also known as
A controlling idea
A claim
A focus statement
A main idea
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What do you do if the prompt is explanatory?
Justify or say why something is right
Argue or persuade
Explain or inform
Evaluate or give the value of
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Argumentative writing MUST include
A claim
A conclusion
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A claim, counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal
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Reliable
and
valid
evidence is
Proven
Based on opinions
Trustworthy
Accurate
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What does a quality conclusion include?
New evidence
Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
Transition and thesis restatement.
Summary
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Support the thesis w/ a "topic of the paragraph" (TP):
High schools should require students to play one sport
Sports improve the students' emotional health.
Students feel more energized to learn.
Dance should be considered a sport.
Sports keep young bones healthy.
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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
False
True
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After reading and gathering textual evidence, you should
Create a thesis and 3 reasons
Start typing
Organize ideas and evidence into a web graphic organizer.
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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Opinions
Lots of personal stories
Definitions, statistics, and facts
Examples and concrete details from experts
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Language Arts/ English is made up of these five skills
Comprehension, Fluency, Vocabulary, Decoding and Phonics
Sleeping, Waking, Eating, Exercising and Drinking
Reading, Writing, Speaking, Viewing and Listening
Intro, Thesis, Body, Arms and Conclusion
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Support the thesis w/ a "topic of the paragraph" (TP):
Social media helps students become strong writers.
Some applications only allows 140 characters.
Students are less likely to express themselves.
Social media encourages honest, precise writing.
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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
topic and the thesis
the introduction
The hook
the evidence
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All essays for the FSA must be written in what style of writing?
Casual: laid back and chill
Formal: Serious and objective
Semi-formal: 1/2 serious and 1/2 casual
Subjective: focus on yourself "I, I, I"
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What is the correct order for building an effective body paragraph?
Reinforce, Transition, Explain, Summarize
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (1 time)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (3 times)
Topic Sentence, Reinforce, Illustrate, Conclude
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What are the correct parts of an effective introduction? (Select the correct order)
Thesis, Hook, Linking Sentences
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
Hook, Linking Sentences, and Thesis
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
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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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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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Citation that is included inside the paragraph with the author's last name and page number is
Internal Citation
In-text Citation
Parenthetical Citation
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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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A run-in 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.
is just the lonely quote.
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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, 2-3 Body Paragraphs, 1 Counterargument, and Conclusion
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Match the correct elaboration to:
The percentage of salt in seawater varies on the location.
Lowering snow’s melting point, salt makes snow melt quicker.
Cooks use many different kinds of salt to season dishes.
Seawater can contain anywhere from 1% to 5% salt.
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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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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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How long is the FSA Writing Assessment?
240 minutes
65 minutes
120 minutes
95 minutes
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After writing, what should you do with the extra time?
Twiddle your thumbs.
Review, review, reread, rewrite, and edit.
Sleep
Submit
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Logical organization means...
The essay has a logical organization
The essay does not make sense.
The essay needs to be rewritten.
The essay has a sensible structure from beginning to end.
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What do you do if the prompt is argumentative?
Evaluate the pros and the cons
Organize the evidence that supports my claim.
Choose a side of the topic to support or reject.
Discuss the opposite side or counterargument
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What is the correct order for an informative essay?
Conclusion, 3 Body paragraphs, and Introduction
Introduction, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion.
3 Body paragraphs, Introduction, and conclusion
