NYS Test Review Session 2 Writing

In an extended response (essay), the correct order for the introduction is ...

• Hook, Claim/Thesis, Title/Background

• Title/Background, Claim/Thesis, Hook

• Hook, Title/Background, Claim/Thesis

• Claim/Thesis, Hook, Title/Background

A sentence meant to entice your reader into reading your extended response essay. A quote, fact, question, or statistic that catches your reader's attention.

• Claim/Thesis

• Hook

• Topic Sentence

• Title/Background

A title/author and background sentence in your extended response essay is ...

• The name of the book, the author, and a one-sentence summary of the book.

• The name of the book and your claim.

• The author's name and what they think about the book.

• The answer to the prompt.

A thesis in your extended response essay is ...

• How you organize your essay and the answer to the prompt

• The first sentence in your essay

• An exact quote from the book

• The second step of a 2-step analyis

The last sentence of the introduction is in your extended response essay ...

• Your thesis/claim

• A concluding sentence

• Your counterclaim

• Summarizes the main points

A sentence that introduces the main idea of your body paragraph in your extended response essay

• Claim/thesis

• Transition phrase

• Topic sentence

• Mic drop

Quotes, Evidence, and details are ...

• In the conclusion

• Something from the book written in your own words

• Directly copied from the text with correct spelling, punctuation, and quotation marks

• Not needed in an extended response

For example, the author writes, and in the book are all examples of ...

• Quotes

• Sentence Starters

• Transition Phrases

• Concluding Statements

This illustrates, this proves, and this shows are all examples of ...

• Transition Phrases

• Sentence Starters

• The mic drop

• The thesis

A concluding sentence ...

• Introduces the body paragraph

• Summarizes your main point in your body paragraph

• Goes after the quote in your body paragraph

• Doesn't go in the body paragraph