Recap week 3

A basic essay consists of these main parts…

• Prologue, introduction, conclusion

• Introduction and conclusion

• Introduction, body, conclusion

• Introduction, information, epilogue

Which is NOT a component of the introduction?

• Specific background information about a topic

• Topic sentence

• Thesis statement

• General background information about a topic

The introduction should be written in the form of an inverted triangle. This means that the appropriate arrangement of the components in the introduction should be:

• Thesis statement, general information about topic, specific information about topic

• General information about topic, thesis statement, specific information about topic

• General information about topic, specific information about topic, topic sentence

• General information about topic, specific information about topic, thesis statement

The paper’s main idea is summarized in the:

• References

• Topic sentence

• Thesis statement

• Acknowledgements

Which one of the following is NOT a component of the MEAL plan?

• Background information

• Link/lead-out

• Main idea

• Analysis

Synthesis can be considered as a summary of articles

• True

• False

Synthesis is:

• Inferring relationships between sources

• A discussion that draws on more than one source

• Making connections between sources

• All of the above

The synthesis paper for CHP1 is an argumentative synthesis paper.

• True

• False

It is fine to include your opinions about the topic in your synthesis paper.

• True

• False

In writing your synthesis paper, you should include at minimum:

• Any number of credible articles

• 4 assigned, required articles

• 3 assigned, required articles

• Only 2 articles of any kind