Analyzing Essays

There are three parts to an essay. Which choice contains all of them?

• Thesis, Lead, Hook
• Introduction, Body, Conclusion.
• Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal. 

What should your body paragraphs contain first?

• Examples, quotations, and facts.
• A topic sentence 
• clincher sentence

What do you do before you write a quote?

• You introduce the quote
• You make sure you have a topic sentence
• Nothing. You can quote directly from the source
• Make sure you have a hook for your body paragraphs.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Including phrases like I believe, I think, I would etc. make your argument sound stronger.

• true
• false

Which phrase could you use when introducing a quote?

• "35% of people ride a bike to work"
• One piece of evidence  is...
• Here is something from the text:
• In the article "..." Author's Name states,

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Contractions (don't, can't, doesn't) establish a formal tone.

• False
• True

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In which paragraph does the thesis go?

• Body
• Introduction
• Conclusion. 

The controlling idea of an essay is called:

• The main idea
• The thesis statement
• The topic

How should you start the last paragraph of your essay? 

• With another hook
• Making a new claim
• By summarizing the essay
• By restating the thesis

When writing a formal essay what should not be used?

• Pronouns- I, me, you, and we
• Yes/No answers
• Proper nouns
• Verbs