EOC Essay Review

How many paragraphs should an EOC essay have?

• five
• two
• three
• four

The possible modes of writing you may be asked to do include all of the following except...

• Argumentative
• Informational
• Correspondence
• Narrative

The first sentence of your informational essay should be...

• A hook

• A thesis

• A conclusion

• A fragment

The main idea statement of your whole essay (located in the 1st paragraph) is called...

• A hook
• A thesis
• A conclusion
• A fragment

What is the purpose of body paragraphs in an essay?

• to introduce the thesis

• to state a life lesson

• to keep repeating yourself... over... and over.. and over.

• To prove your point with examples and details

Each body paragraph begins with a/an _________

• Topic sentence to introduce a reason from the thesis
• Example right away
• Question for the reader
• A truism

The conclusion paragraph of an EOC essay should -

• Restate your thesis
• Contain a convincing/persuasive tone
• Echo back to your hook (if you have one)
• All of the above

Since the EOC is now on the computer, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation do not matter as much.

• True! that Stuff dont matter two much?
• FALSE!!!!!!!! It always matters!

The following things should always be included in your EOC essay.

• A thesis that answers the question asked
• Relevant embedded text evidence from the passage that supports the thesis
• Strong word choice
• All of the above

If you don't like the prompt, then you can write to whatever you'd like.

• True
• False