ENG 101 Final Exam Study Guide Sp24 SKYCTC

What is a thesis statement?

• A sentence that expresses your overall argument

• A sentence that asserts your research question

• A sentence that introduces your topic

• The first sentence of a body paragraph

What are the three components of a thesis statement?

• Claim, Data, Commentary

• Topic, Opinion, Evidence

• Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

• Intro, Body, and Conclusion

In what part of an essay do you include a thesis statement?

• In the introduction

• In the Literature Review

• Before the conclusion

• At the beginning of every body paragraph

What's the difference between REVISING and EDITING?

• Revising = Change Ideas and Argument; Editing = Change Grammar and Errors

• There is no difference. They are synonyms.

• Editing = Change Ideas and Argument; Revise = Change Grammar and Errors

What is the purpose behind the drafting process?

• Drafting helps you improve your persuasiveness.

• Practice makes perfect.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is a Literature Review?

• A Literature Review is a criticism of a text or piece of literature

• A Literature Review is a list of summaries of the research for your Warrant

• A Literature Review is a list of summaries of the research for your Backing

• A Literature Review shows the academic conversation between multiple texts

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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

What does a Literature Review do for the reader?

• It shows the reader the prior work that's been published on a subject.

• It shows the reader proof you did your research.

• It's use is for the speaker, not the reader of a text.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In what order do the three components of a paragraph go?

• Commentary + Topic Sentence + Data

• Topic Sentence + Commentary + Data

• Data + Commentary + Topic Sentence

• Topic sentence + Data + Commentary

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does synthesis mean in academic writing?

• Listing multiple sources form which to pull information

• Discussing the connection between two sources to derive meaning

• Mixing together

• Including quotes in your body paragraphs from a single source

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following are third person pronouns?

• I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours

• you, your, yours

• he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, them, their, themselves

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A