Essay Quick Quiz

My essay should start with

• a thesis statement

• a broad statement

• the name of the text

• any of these are fine

Topic sentences should

• start each essay

• begin the body paragraphs

• end the conclusion

• either start or end an essay

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Most teenagers fight because of jealousy, betrayal, or to impress others.

• concluding statement

• thesis statement

• topic sentence

• none of these

Teenagers experience a range of emotions.

• Broad introductory statement

• concluding statement

• thesis statement

In what two places should my thesis statement appear?

• At the start of the essay and in any body paragraph

• As the last sentence of the introduction and as a reworded statement at the beginning of the conclusion

• As the very first and very last sentence of my essay

• It is up to the writer

A good essay should be

• well-organized and on-topic

• written in first person unless it is a narrative

• longer than most essays

• written the night before it is due

My topic sentences should reflect the content of my

• conclusion

• broad introductory statement

• thesis statement

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Starts broad and ends specific

• introduction

• conclusion

Starts specific and ends broad

• introduction

• conclusion

The point that I am trying to make, which I support throughout my essay

• introduction

• conclusion

• thesis statement

• topic sentence