OST Writing Prep Review

Spend AT LEAST 15 minutes _________ your response!

• Sleeping before

• Planning

• Screaming

• Crying

Pull _______________ from the article(s) that support your thesis. Make sure you save the strongest one for last!

• Summary

• Key Facts

• Evidence/Quotes

• Inferences

Write _______________ paragraphs (including an introduction and conclusion).

• 5

• 4

• 8

• 3

If it is an argumentative essay, you must include a _________ paragraph.

• Expository

• Refusal

• 5th Body Paragraph

• Counterclaim

The quote in the counterclaim paragraph must _________ the counterclaim!

• Support

• Disprove

• Not relate to

• You don't need a quote!

_______ your essay at the end. FOR REAL!

• Revise

• Delete

• Restart

• Plan

_________________: at the start of paragraphs and to connect sentences.

• Topic Sentence

• Signal Phrase

• Transition

• Citation

____________: introduces the subject of the paragraph AND uses language from thesis.

• Transition

• Topic Sentence

• Analysis

• Signal Phrase

_______________: summarizes and gives important information before the quote.

• Context

• Analysis

• Transition

• Citation

________________: proves your thesis statement.

• Citation

• Evidence

• Topic Sentence

• Transition