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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 main idea
A focus statement
A claim
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Argumentative writing MUST include
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A claim
A claim and counterclaim
A conclusion
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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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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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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
I, me, my, mine, personally
In my opinion and I think
You, yours, you're
Good, bad, nice, things, and stuff (dead words)
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Language Arts/ English is made up of these four skills
Sleeping, Waking, Eating, and Drinking
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Comprehension, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Phonics
Intro, Thesis, Body, and Conclusion
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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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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.
Seawater can contain anywhere from 1% to 5% salt.
Cooks use many different kinds of salt to season dishes.
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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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What is the correct order for an informative essay?
3 Body paragraphs, Introduction, and conclusion
Introduction, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion.
Conclusion, 3 Body paragraphs, and Introduction
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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
Proof read, revise, and edit
Organize, plan, read, revise
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All essays for the BEST must be written in what style of writing?
Formal: Serious and objective
Subjective: focus on yourself "I, I, I"
Semi-formal: 1/2 serious and 1/2 casual
Casual: laid back and chill
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Examples of
precise
and
mature language
would be
Good, bad, nice, things
Awesome, Disastrous, Stupendous, As a matter of fact, Items.
Coaxing, Ridiculing, Discussing
Said, Walk
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What does a quality conclusion include?
Summary
Transition and thesis restatement.
Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
New evidence
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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 (3 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (4 times)
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Summary (1 time)
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How should you begin each body paragraph?
Citation of evidence: According to...
Summary sentence: All in all,...
Transition, restatement of thesis, and a reason: Initially,.
Transition and reason: Moreover because...
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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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What do you do if the prompt is argumentative?
Organize the evidence that supports my claim.
Evaluate the pros and the cons
Choose a side of the topic to support or reject.
Discuss the opposite side or counterargument in the 4th body
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After reading and gathering textual evidence, you should
Create a thesis with 3 reasons
Start typing
Organize ideas and evidence into a web graphic organizer.
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The Writing Assessment is in April 2, 2024?
True
False
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Identify the key elements of an ARGUMENTATIVE essay, in sequential order.
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion
Counterargument, Intro, Conclusion, and 3 Body Paragraphs
Intro, 3 Body Paragraphs, 1 Counterargument, and Conclusion
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A counterclaim
states the same point as the claim.
Argues and cites evidence to support the opposite side.
states the opposite of what you are currently arguing.
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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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How do you cite the author?
Based on txt 2, Jamie Oliver say "..."
According to Jamie in the thing he wrote...
As stated "How to Budget" the author states "....." (New 4).
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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
topic and the thesis
the evidence
the introduction
The hook
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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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How long is the BEST Writing Assessment?
95 minutes
65 minutes
120 minutes
240 minutes
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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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If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
True
False
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Logical organization means...
The essay does not make sense.
The essay needs to be rewritten.
The essay has a logical organization
The essay has a sensible structure from beginning to end.
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How many paragraphs are acceptable for the FSA Writing Assessment?
4 paragrapghs
3 - 4 paragraphs
4 -6 paragraphs
1 to 2 paragraphs
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What are the correct parts of an effective introduction? (Select the correct order)
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
Hook, Background Information, and Thesis
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
Thesis, Hook, Transition Sentence
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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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The formula for a THESIS STATEMENT is
Topic + Opinion + 3 Reasons
E = Mc2
Topic x 3 reasons
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The counterargument paragraph is made up of 3 parts:
Counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal (with evidence)
Counterclaim and 3 reasons
counterclaim, evidence, and summary.
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Elaboration is defined as
Telling more about the cited evidence
Repeating the evidence in different words.
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
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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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Should you clump all of your evidence and elaboration together?
No, each piece of evidence must be explained separately.
No, each elaboration must be SPECIFIC to its evidence.
Yes, It will make more sense.
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
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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.
Question: Do you watch movies? Well, I have.
Description: The large screen glowed in the dark theater.
Thought: As I sat and watched the meteor shower, I wondered
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What do you do if the prompt is informative?
Justify or say why something is right
Argue or persuade
Explain or inform
Evaluate or give the value of
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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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Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Lots of personal stories
Examples and concrete details from experts
Definitions, statistics, and facts
Opinions
