Q2 Review

What are the 3 most important parts of an effective summary?

• Conclusion Sentence

• A Detail

• Topic Sentence

• 3-4 Supporting Details

• Hook

What do you do when you know vocabulary words in a question or the answers (choose 2 below)?

• Guess

• Look at the context

• Scream until a teacher comes and helps you understand it

• Use word parts

  Eg. profitable =

  profit + able

________ words (cause, compare, solve, etc.,) and text examples can help you identify an organizational pattern.

When you are revising an essay, you are probably NOT doing which of the following?

• Looking for grammar mistakes.

• Putting your strongest ideas last.

• Moving a sentence into a paragraph where it fits better.

• Balancing your ideas (making sure each claim is supported by evidence)

When you revise for precise language in an essay, you have to get more specific with your words. Which sentence is the most precise version of the sample below:

SAMPLE: I do a lot of stuff on the weekend.

• I do a lot of things on the weekend.

• Each weekend, I do a lot of stuff.

• Each weekend, I relax, clean my house, and prepare meals for the week.

• I do things on the weekend that are important to me.

In your essays that you are continuing to edit, it is important to not simply tell ideas, but to show them. Determine whether the writer of the sentence below is showing or telling:

Example: I will tell you about microwaves

• Showing

• Telling

In your essays that you are continuing to edit, it is important to not simply tell ideas, but to show them. Determine whether the writer of the sentence below is showing or telling:

Example: This paper proves many things.

• Showing

• Telling

In your essays that you are continuing to edit, it is important to not simply tell ideas, but to show them. Determine whether the writer of the sentence below is showing or telling:

Example: Microwaves are quick and easy.

• Showing

• Telling

In your essays that you are continuing to edit, it is important to not simply tell ideas, but to show them. Determine whether the writer of the sentence below is showing or telling:

Example: I am writing about microwaves.

• Showing

• Telling

If a test question includes paragraph and sentence numbers, what are you supposed to do to BEST answer the question (only one answer)?

• Reread just the sentence number in the question.

• Reread nothing. Try to answer the question based on memory

• Reread the specific paragraph or sentence around it. Memory is not enough.

• Answer it without rereading. Who needs tests anyway?