ELA II - 4/17 - Intro/Conclusion Quiz

What should be the first part of an introduction?

• your thesis

• your three topics

• your

  attention-getter

• your clincher sentence

Which one is NOT a way to create an attention-getter?

• Ask a question

• List your 3 topics

• State a startling fact

• Tell a short story

What should the second part of the introduction include?

• Background information about your topic

• An attention-getter

• A clincher statement

• Your first topic sentence.

How should your introduction END?

• with an attention-getter

• with your third topic sentence

• it must end with a question

• with a clear statement of your 3 topics in one or several sentences

How should you indicate your topics for an IEW essay?

• Underline the three topic words

• Place the three topic words in parenthesis

• Bold or highlight the three main topic words

• Put quotes around each of the three topics

What should BEGIN a conclusion?

• Your final clincher statement that reflects and repeats 2 -3 key words of your topic.

• A clear restatement or echo of the three topics of your essay

• The topic sentence for your third topic

• What is most important about your thesis and why

True or False:

You should explain what is MOST IMPORTANT about all that you have written about your topic in your conclusion.

• True

• False

True or False:

An essay should NEVER express the author's opinion.

• True

• False

After stating what is most important about the topics in the essay, what should the author remember to describe?

• Why it is IMPORTANT or SIGNIFICANT.

• The book that they used for their research.

• They should restate their attention-getter.

• They should describe where they pulled each quote from.

True or False:

It is stylish for the last sentence of the conclusion to tie back to the

attention-getter.

• True

• False