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The main idea of your essay.

• Body
• Thesis
• Introduction
• Theme

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Which prompt BEST fits the following thesis?
"Experiencing happiness in what you do can lead to a fulfilling, exciting life."  

• WRITE an essay explaining whether it is important to find joy in daily activities.
• WRITE an essay explaining whether it is important to have goals.
• WRITE an essay explaining whether it is important to learn from our experiences.
• WRITE an essay explaining the importance of never giving up.

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In the humanities disciplines, scholars mostly use a deductive structure and a thesis statement. While in the social sciences or science disciplines, scholars prefer to use an inductive structure and a hypothesis.

• no error
• run-on sentence
• comma splice
• sentence fragment

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What is a thesis statement?

• A general idea overview of the topic
• A summary of the main idea
• A statement that explains the main idea of an essay
• A suggestion that you should read the essay

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A ___________________ is the main point of your paper.

• Thesis
• Lead in 
• Topic sentence
• elaboration

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Is it ok for the writer to include their opinion in an expository piece?

• NO! FACTS ONLY!

• YES! AS LONG AS THEY BACK IT UP WITH FACTS!

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Where should you place the thesis statement?

• first sentence in intro

• second sentence in intro

• last sentence in intro

• at the beginning of each body paragraph

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Your thesis statement answers the prompt and is located ...

• Last sentence in Intro

• First sentence in Intro

• In the conclusion

• Beginning of body paragraph

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Which of the following should only be a last resort for examples for your persuasive paper?

• Observations

• Current Events

• History

• Literature

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Which of the following is an EFFECTIVE thesis?

• English is the best class because I really like it.

• English is the best subject because it is the most fun class and students learn more in that class than any other.

• English is the best class because Mr. Garcia and Ms. Smith teach it.

• I think English is the best class since that is the class which I get to see most of my friends.

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