Writing Final

You can tell that a website is associated with a college or university if the URL ends with...

• .com
• .gov
• .edu
• .org

A reliable source is...

• Biased
• Trusted
• Trying to sell you something
• Google

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

• True
• False

What is a citation?

• The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work
• To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit
• A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.
• To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words

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. 

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 the last paragraph of an essay?

• Introduction

• Body 1 and 2

• Body 3

• Conclusion

In an informative writing composition, NEVER SAY I !!!

• True

• False

What do you never add to an informative essay?

• Facts

• Opinions

• Quotes

• Punctuation

What is a writer's position on an issue or topic?

• Counterclaim
• Rebuttal
• Claim
• Logic