DBQ Essay Structure Practice HW

What does a Hook sentence do?

• Wraps up the paragraph with a closing statement.

• Grabs the reader's attention with a fact, statistic, rhetorical question, etc.

• Links two ideas together.

• States the main point of the paper.

Two to three sentences that summarize the Background Essay (sometimes your prompt will have this information). It should tell the reader the Who, What, When, Where, and/or Why of your essay, but not discuss the prompt or your answer to the prompt.

• Hook

• Thesis

• Prompt

• Background Knowledge

How do you restate the prompt?

• Write the DBQ Question as a statement in your own words.

• Write the DBQ Question exactly as it appears.

• Make your own question.

• Answer the prompt.

The length and location of a Thesis is:

• ALWAYS TWO SENTENCES. Always the last sentence of the introduction paragraph.

• ALWAYS ONE SENTENCE. Always the first sentence of the introduction paragraph.

• ALWAYS ONE SENTENCE. Always the last sentence of the introduction paragraph.

• ALWAYS ONE SENTENCE. Always the last sentence of the body paragraph.

A thesis is an answer to the prompt (DBQ Question) and always includes:

• A claim and at least two Buckets (reasons).

• A claim and elaboration.

• A claim.

• Three Buckets.

The Buckets in your thesis are the:

• body paragraphs

• two or more reasons for your claim (answer).

• evidence citations

• hook

What is Parenthetical Citation?

• When you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from a source in your essay and your citations at the end of your essay.

• When you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from a source in your essay and your citations are enclosed within parenthesis at the beginning of your sentence.

• When you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from a source in your essay and your citations are added into your sentences using words or phrases.

• When you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from a source in your essay and your citations are enclosed within parenthesis at the end of your sentence.

Which example below is a correct example of a text evidence sentence using a quote?

• According to the Historical Magazine, the Chinook people of the Northwest “lived in houses made from large planks of wood, and some of these houses could hold about fifty people” (S2, P2).

• According to the Historical Magazine, the Chinook people of the Northwest lived in houses made from large planks of wood, and some of these houses could hold about fifty people (S2, P2).

• According to the Historical Magazine, the Chinook people of the Northwest lived in houses made from large planks of wood, and some of these houses could hold about fifty people.

• According to the Historical Magazine, the Chinook people of the Northwest “lived in houses made from large planks of wood, and some of these houses could hold about fifty people”.

Which of the following is a correct example of a text evidence sentence using a paraphrase?

• The Chinook people of the Northwest had wood-plank homes big enough for 50 people (S2, P2).

• The Chinook people of the Northwest had wood-plank homes big enough for 50 people.

• The Chinook people of the Northwest had "wood-plank homes big enough for 50 people" (S2, P2).

• The Chinook people of the Northwest had wood-plank homes big enough for 50 people. (S2, P2)

Which of the following choices is the correct order of an introduction paragraph?

• Hook, Thesis, Restate Prompt, Background Knowledge

• Restate Prompt, Background Knowledge, Hook, Thesis

• Hook, Background Knowledge, Restate Prompt, Thesis

• Restate Prompt, Hook, Thesis, Background Knowledge