SGS 5th Grade Literary Essay

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I can write a perfect essay on the first try.

• True

• False

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What important statement goes in your introduction?

• A question

• A quote

• A thesis

• A transition

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What are the paragraphs in the middle of the essay called?

• Body paragraphs

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Rough draft

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How do you include in the introduction that captures the reader's attention or provides background information about the thesis?

• Bait

• Trap

• Hook

• Wing it

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What do you need to do after you provide text evidence?

• Provide more information from your mind/brain to explain the evidence.

• summarize the quote

• paraphrase the quote

• Nothing

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What are the three parts of an essay?

• topic sentence, answer, proof, explain, and closing

• introduction, body, closing

• Introduction, body, conclusion

• summarize main parts and insightful thought

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What is a thesis?

• a thesis is a sentence in the introduction

• a thesis tells the reader what the whole essay will be about

• a thesis is the GPS for the author - it tells them what they iare writing about

• All the answers are correct!

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What is the first paragraph called?

• Body paragraph

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Rough draft

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What is the last paragraph called?

• Body paragraph

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Rough draft

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What is an example of a universal theme statement?

• Have you ever loved somebody so much that you would sacrifice everything?

• The dog in this story is an abandoned pup

• Did you go to the store?

• One day I found a stray dog

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What should go in a conclusion paragraph?

• A transition phrase

• Restating your thesis

• Explanation as to what you learned from the story

​What is the literary essay?

• A literary essay ​evaluates a work of literature.

• ​It tells about the big idea or theme of a book you have read.

​Introduction

It will be used to indicate to the reader what your essay will be about. The introduction should consist of:

• ​The title of the novel being covered

• ​The name of the author

• ​Definition of the theme

• ​Points to use to demonstrate the theme in the novel (thesis)

The Body Paragraphs​

​Each point mentioned must be covered in a separate paragraph. Paragraph 2 is used to address the first point mentioned in the introduction. The third paragraph is used to address the second point. The sentences that follow will be used to cite example(s) from the novel to support the theme identified. These sentences are called supporting details.

Multiple Choice

You are the best students ever!!!

• True

• False

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When citing evidence, you must _______________

• Give credit to where you got the information (page and author)

• Copy exact words with quotes

• Use a synonym to not repeat yourself

• Summarize in your own words

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What is the purpose of transitions?

• Connect your ideas together

• Explain your evidence

• To give credit to where you got the information from

• To write a thesis statement

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Where do you include evidence in an essay?

• All paragraphs

• Introduction and conclusion

• All body paragraphs

• The first body paragraph

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How we give credit to the sources of our evidence

• High fives

• Citations

• Thesis

• PEEL

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What is the purpose of the body paragraphs?

• to restate the thesis

• to give support for the thesis

• to offer an introduction

• to provide a conclusion

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The evidence for the body paragraphs comes from __________.

• the question
• the thesis
• the text

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What is true about the concluding sentence?

• It's the last sentence of a paragraph.

• It can introduce a new idea.

• It restates the main idea of the paragraph and summarizes it.

• You can add an example of what you said here.

• A good connector to start it could be "Finally"

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We use PEEL to

• create a thesis statement

• create a conclusion

• create an introduction

• create body paragraphs

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When you steal the words or ideas from another person without giving them credit

• paraphrasing
• cheating
• texting
• plagiarizing

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If I need to copy a sentence, I need to use quotation marks and cite the source.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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Why do we have textual evidence?

• To prove a claim

• unicorn

• because your teacher says so

• to express an opinion

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Textual evidence is when we use information from the text to support our answers.

• True

• False

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When you use someone else's ideas or words, you DON'T have to cite the text.

• True

• False

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Citing the text means to give credit to the author that wrote the text.

• True

• False

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Which sentence is written correctly?

• "Tony said, "I will trim the trees tomorrow morning.

• Tony said, "I will trim the trees tomorrow morning."

• "Tony said, I will trim the trees tomorrow morning."

• Tony "said, I will trim the trees tomorrow morning."