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When is the FSA Writing Assessment?
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Monday, April 15th, 2019
Friday, April 5th, 2019
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
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Logical organization means...
The essay does not make sense.
The essay has a logical organization
The essay has a sensible structure from beginning to end.
The essay needs to be rewritten.
3
Types of elaboration techniques for informative writing would include
Definitions, statistics, and facts
Examples and concrete details from experts
Lots of personal stories
Opinions
4
What are the correct parts of an effective introduction? (Select the correct order)
Hook, Link, and Thesis
Cite and explain, cite and explaiin
Restate, Answer, Cite, and Summarize
Thesis, Hook, Link
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If you do not know the author's name, what do you cite?
The website (www.huffpost.com).
The entire title of the text (Lord of the Flies).
The page number (4).
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How should you begin each body paragraph?
Transition, restatement of thesis, and a reason: Initially,.
Transition and reason: Moreover because...
Citation of evidence: According to...
Summary sentence: All in all,...
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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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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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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
The Olympics only encourages competition, not friendship.
Weak topic sentence
Strong topic sentence
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After reading and gathering textual evidence, you should
Begin organizing ideas into a plan
Start writing
Raise your hand and ask what to do next
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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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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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What words should you avoid in academic writing?
You, yours, you're
Good, bad, nice, things, and stuff (dead words)
I, me, my, mine, personally
In my opinion and I think
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What is the correct order of the writing process?
Proof read, revise, and edit
Read, annotate, organize, plan, draft, revise.
Organize, plan, read, revise
Revise, draft, plan, organize, annotate, read.
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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.
Sports improve the students' emotional health.
Dance should be considered a sport.
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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 in "How to Budget" the author states, "...."
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What does a quality conclusion include?
Transition and thesis restatement.
New evidence
Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence/ pts
Summary
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Relevant evidence and specific elaboration should
skim over the non-essential parts of the topic.
support and analyze the main points in the thesis.
discuss the same aspect/part of the topic.
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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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Examples of
precise
and
mature language
would be
Awesome, Disastrous, Stupendous, As a matter of fact, Items.
Said, Walk
Coaxing, Ridiculing, Discussing
Good, bad, nice, things
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What do you do if the prompt is explanatory?
Explain or inform
Argue or persuade
Evaluate or give the value of
Justify or say why something is right
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How many paragraphs are acceptable for the FSA Writing Assessment?
3 - 4 paragraphs
4 -6 paragraphs
4 paragrapghs
1 to 2 paragraphs
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A thesis is also known as
A focus statement
A main idea
A controlling idea
A claim
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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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A run-in quote
is just the lonely quote.
Starts or ends with your own words and flows into the quote.
Only starts with your own words and ends with the quote.
Only ends with your own words and starts with a quote.
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Elaboration is defined as
Analyzing and examining the cited evidence
Explaining or stretching an idea or concept
Telling more about the cited evidence
Repeating the evidence in different words.
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Support the thesis w/ a topic sentence:
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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Strong vs. weak topic sentence:
Next, I will tell you about smart phone games.
Weak topic sentence
Strong topic sentence
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Should you clump all of your evidence and elaboration together?
No, each elaboration must be SPECIFIC to its evidence.
Yes, It will make more sense.
Yes, explaining everything helps us see the whole picture.
No, each piece of evidence must be explained separately.
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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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All essays for the FSA 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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Strong vs. weak topic sentences:
Teacher who give group projects encourage team work.
Strong
Weak
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Argumentative writing MUST include
A claim
A counterargument and a rebuttal
A conclusion
A claim, counterclaim, counterargument, and rebuttal
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The elaboration of your evidence MUST be connected to
the introduction
The hook
topic and the thesis
the evidence
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What is the correct order for building an effective body paragraph?
Evidence, Transition, Elaborate, Closing
Closing, elaborate, evidence, topic sentence
Evidence, elaborate, transition, closing
Transition & Topic sentence, evidence, elaboration, closing
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Informative essays incorporate
Opinions
Facts, statistics, and primary and secondary sources.
Beliefs and thoughts
Explanations, definitions, and data
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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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Reliable
and
valid
evidence is
Based on opinions
Trustworthy
Proven
Accurate
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Examples of an
effective hook
or attention-grabber is
Thought: As I sat and watched the meteor shower, I wondered
Question: Do you watch movies? Well, I have.
Description: The large screen glowed in the dark theater.
Dialogue:"Jay, I want to take you on a date" Sara blurted.
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Examples of transition words are...
Never, Always, Sometimes
To illustrate, For instance, Not to mention
Additionally, Another, In the final analysis, Furthermore.
Never say never and The fact that
