Writing Essay

What should be the first thing you use to grab the readers attention in your introduction paragraph?

• Topic Sentence

• Restating Topic Sentence

• Hook

• Supporting Reason

When writing a hook, what are the three ways in which the writer can grab the readers attention?

• Provide interesting facts or statistics about the topic

• Provide a personal story about the topic

• Ask a question about the topic

• Provide details about the characters to show what happened in the past

How do you restate a topic sentence?

• Ask a question about the topic

• Take what you wrote in your topic sentence and change it to say the same thing but in different words

• Give evidence from the text

• Copy what you wrote in the topic sentence

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Where do you find the topic sentences for each paragraph?

• In the Conclusion

• In the text

• In the internet

• In the Introduction

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

TRUE/FALSE: A student is allowed to use only ONE passage when finding text evidence for an argumentative paper when they are provided with two passages.

• True

• False

The audience of a text is...

• the people coming to a concert.

• always your teacher.

• the people you imagine reading, listening, or watching.

• determined by the topic only.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

A position of the essay is...

• what the author is going against.

• what an argument is trying to convince you of.

• what determines the author's tone.

• part of the “why” of the argument.

What is the evidence?

• Evidence is often an opinion.

• Evidence means means presenting information without the filter of your personal beliefs.

• Evidence is a position made by someone who doesn’t agree with your position.

• Evidence is the facts, quotes, and other information that supports the position.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

A counter-argument is a counter-position which is...

• a position made by someone who doesn’t agree with your position and has evidence.

• the people you imagine reading or listening or watching.

• the facts, quotes, and paraphrased information given to support the position of an argument.

• the other part of the “why” in an argument.

a solid and reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with the position

• refute

• position

• counterposition

• evidence