Essay Structure Quiz

A thesis statement is...

• one sentence in your introduction that states the main idea or argument of your essay.
• two sentences that give evidence to support your claim.
• three sentences that explain how your evidence supports your claim.
• the final sentence of your conclusion where you tell your audience what to do.

The purpose of each body paragraph is to...

• Make a claim and support that claim with evidence and reasoning.
• Introduce your topic to your audience.
• Tell your audience what they should do next.
• Tell your audience why your thesis is wrong.

A body paragraph should contain...

• Call to action, evidence, and thesis
• Claim, evidence, and reasoning
• Opening, preview of claims, counterargument
• Audience, conclusion, rebuttal

An introduction should include...

• An opening, a thesis statement, and a preview of claims
• A restatement of the thesis, a review of claims, and a call to action
• Claim, evidence, and reasoning
• A counterargument

A body paragraph should contain how many claims?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• >3

You should write your evidence in the first sentence of your body paragraph.

• True
• False

You should repeat your evidence in your reasoning.

• True
• False

A conclusion should include...

• An opening, a thesis statement, and a preview of claims
• A restatement of the thesis, a review of claims, and a call to action
• Claim, evidence, and reasoning
• A counterargument

Match the parts of the essay to the letters in the Essay Structure picture, What is Part A?

• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Addressing a Counterclaim
• Reasoning
• Evidence

Match the parts of the essay to the letters in the Essay Structure picture. What is part B?

• Body Paragraph #1
• Conclusion
• Introduction
• Addressing a Counterclaim
• Counterclaim