Academic Essay

When you are doing free writing, You don’t need to worry about:

• The thesis statement

• Supporting sentences

• Grammar and punctuation

• The introduction

What is the most important paragraph in the essay?

What are the strategies for getting ideas?

• Brainstorming

• Clustering

• free writing

• any of this

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.1.1

Complete: An essay is...

It is a short collection of ... that presents ..., opinions, and ... about the ....

• Sentences, facts, ideas, topic.

• paragraphs, facts, ideas, writer's intention.

• paragraphs, facts, ideas, topic.

• all of these

What technique do we use for writing a comparison essay?

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a hook?

• A piece of metal for catching hold things on

• it's used for concluding sentences

• Opening statement for catching the reader’s attention

• it's used in an academic essay

Narrative, comparative, cause-effect, and argumentative are

• Types of free writing

• Used in literature

• Part of speech

• Types of essay

What can you do when you are writing a conclusion?

• Summarize and paraphrase your thesis.

• Add more information

• Contrast information

• Explain with examples

Transitions words to add a conclusion

• In brief

• In fact

• To conclude

• Besides

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Transitions words to connect a similar or equal idea

• However

• Nevertheless

• Thus

• Furthermore

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3