Essay Writing

What are the three main parts of an essay?

• The hook, the topic sentence, and conclusion.
• Introduction, Hook, Body
• Introduction, Body, Conclusion
• Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal. 

What is a hook?

• A hook grabs the reader's attention.
• A hook ends the essay.
• A hook is the main idea of an essay.
• The hook explains what each paragraph is about. 

What is a thesis statement?

• The statement that is the main idea of an essay.
• The statement that introduces each paragraph.
• The statement that grabs the reader's attention. 
• The final statement in an essay. 

There are ways you can make boring tasks more pleasant. __________, bring a portable radio and listen to music on the earphones while you work.
Which of the following transitions best fills the blank in the passage above?

• To summarize
• Likewise
• In contrast
• For example

Copying and citing an important phrase, sentence or paragraph word for word from a text is?

• summarize
• quote
• reliable
• primary source

Briefly retelling the main ideas of a piece of writing in your own words is?

• primary source
• relevant
• secondary source
• summarizing

Copying words and ideas from a source and presenting them as your own is?

• quoting
• paraphrasing
• summarizing
• plagiarism

When paraphrasing, you do not want to use the same words as the original author.

• True
• False

An essay presents ....

• a free flow of ideas in no specific order

• an expression of emotions

• your thoughts with organization and pre-planning

• writing without specific structure

An essay...

• always has the same length

• never has more than four paragraphs

• consists of one or multiple paragraphs

• always has five paragraphs