Essay Writing and RACE Quiz

What is another name for a prompt?

• THE QUESTION
• THE BODY PARAGRAPH

• THE EXPLANATION

• CORRESPONDENCE

What does excerpt mean?

What is context?

• THE HOOK

• THE THESIS

• BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• PURPOSE

What is another term for a thesis?

• CONTROLLING IDEA

• CONTEXT

• HOOK

• MAIN IDEA

Write the “formula” for a thesis statement?

• [MAIN IDEA 1]

• [ANSWER OR POSITION]

• [I BELIEVE THAT]

• BECAUSE/BY

• AND [MAIN IDEA 2]

What are 4 types of essays you might see on the STAAR/EOC test?

• PERSUASIVE

• INFORMATIONAL/EXPOSITORY

• LITERARY

• CORRESPONDENCE

• COMPARE/CONTRAST

What is another name for correspondence?

What are 3 parts of an introduction?

• HOOK

• CONTEXT

• THESIS

• BODY PARAGRAPH

• CONCLUSION

REORDER THE PARTS OF A PARAGRAPH IN THE RIGHT ORDER

• CONNECTION

• EVIDENCE

• MAIN IDEA

• EXPLAIN

• TRANSITION

What does the connection do?