Writing Key Terms

What is the prompt?

• A question you will respond to in an essay

• The sentence that includes the main argument of your essay

• A general plan that is to be presented in your paper

• To cause or bring about

Your thesis statement should

• include your 3 points you plan to use in your essay

• be the last sentence of your introduction

• tell your stance on the subject

• all of the above

What is the outline?

• A question you will respond to in an essay

• The sentence that includes the main argument of your essay

• A general plan that is to be presented in your paper

• The line around a drawing

Essay Body Paragraphs: Which goes second?

• Example

• Detail/support/elaboration given in 3 sentences

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

What part of the essay gives the main idea of what will be discussed in a bit more detail soon?

• Thesis

• Topic Sentence

• Introduction

• Concrete Detail/Evidence

To make your essay cohere (stick together), you

• A. use transitions

• B. repeat the same idea written in the preceding sentence in the next sentence using synonyms.

• C. repeat the same idea over using synonyms

• D. A & B are correct.

• E. A, B & C are correct.

Revise your essay with special attention to the first paragraph so it is "perfect" because it is the first impression you will be making on the reader.

• true

• false

How many paragraphs should an argumentative essay have?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 5

What type of writing should be used when writing the ACT essay?

• Formal

• Informal

The concluding paragraph of your essay should

• A. restate the thesis using different words...use thesaurus

• B. restate the main arguments in the essay using different words

• C. a call to action which can include a probing question

• D. A & C only

• E. All the above