EBW Response Paragraphs

What is an EBW Response?

• A response to literature that uses text evidence

• An extended response

• A response to a text

• A paragraph that responds to a question

Check all that apply: What are the parts of an EBW Response?

• Claim

• Premise

• Intro to evidence & Evidence & Citation

• Conclusion

• Justification

What is the claim?

• A topic sentence

• A sentence that states your point, can be argued, and is succinct

• A sentence that states your point and the reasons

• A sentence that describes what you will be talking about

What is the premise?

• States your reason why

• Tells reader 3 facts about your topic

• Tells reader what you're going to be talking about

• Explains and connects your topic sentence

What does your intro to evidence include? Check all that apply.

• Sentence starter

• comma

• quotation marks

• parenthetical citation

What should your evidence be? Check all that apply.

• Supportive of your claim

• supportive of your premise

• quotation marks

• citation

What should your citation look like?

• (Author's Last Name pg. #)

• (Author's Full Name pg. #)

• (Author's First Name pg. #)

• (Author's Last Name par. #)

Your justification should include...

• an explanation of how it supports your conclusion

• an explanation of how it supports your evidence

• an explanation of how it supports your claim

• an explanation of how it supports your premise

Your conclusion should have at least________sentences.

Should your EBW include the use of the word I?

• No

• Yes

• Yes, it's asking your opinion

• Absolutely not