Academic Essay

Which sentence tells the reader what you will prove in your essay?

• Thesis

• Hook

• Topic Sentence

• Transition Sentence

What is the purpose of the hook sentence (first sentence of your paragraph)

• To randomly quote another person or text without giving any connection between your thesis and hook.

• To alert readers to the exact point you will prove in your body paragraphs

• To broadly introduce your reader to the topic of your essay and grab their attention by using an appropriate tone according to the topic (humor, seriousness, or exploratory) and using transition words to connect it to the piece under examination.

• To make the reader laugh

Which of two sample hook sentences below would be a good 1st sentence hook to broadly introduce the topic of marriage in an essay analyzing the expectations of marriage in Pride and Prejudice?

Keep in mind, you want a bold statement or quote to grab your reader's attention.

Pick two

• He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.

• It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

• Have you ever wanted to get married?

• The concept of marriage has long been debated.

After writing a hook sentence, I should transition to providing background information about my topic, including the title of the work under evaluation and the author's name. as well as a summary of what happens in the story

• True

• False

I don't need to summarize the literary work my essay is about as long as I mention the work in my introduction.

• True

• False

My introduction paragraph should include all of the following except?

• Hook sentence

• Supporting details/textual evidence

• Thesis statement

• Summary of literary work

The tense of the following sentence is appropriate according to rules for writing about literature:

The narrator from "The Yellow Wallpaper" tore the wallpaper down and crawled around the room like a madwoman?

• True

• False

A ____________________ is a phrase, clause, or sentence that introduces a quotation, paraphrase, or a summary. It is also part of "framing a quote."

• Transition Phrase

• Signal Phrase

A signal phrase alerts the reader to the fact that you are quoting and gives context of the quote.

• True

• False

Which sentence below appropriately uses signal phrasing and parenthetical citation.

• Elizabeth Warren claims "that Johnny Cash was the best of the best musicians" (3).

• "Johnny Cash was the best of the best musicians" (Warren 3).