Assessing and Commenting on Essay Structure

Who should the student write to in the introduction?

• An identifiable audience

• The teacher

• Themselves

• A fictional character.

In shorter papers, where does the roadmap come?

• Before the thesis statement

• After the conclusion

• In the middle of the essay

• At the end of the essay.

What should the thesis statement's sentence structure do?

• Support the thesis's content

• List all references

• Provide a summary

• Conclude the essay.

What should topic sentences always contain?

• A) Evidence

• B) Argument

• C) Conclusion

• D) Summary

Concluding sentences should answer the 'so what' question to explain why the information in the paragraph was pertinent to the thesis or the argument. True or False?

• True

• False

What should the writer analyze in terms of his or her argument?

• The evidence

• The conclusion

• The introduction

• The summary

What should the conclusion of an essay begin with?

• A new argument

• A reference to the thesis statement

• A summary of the introduction

• A list of sources.

Citations should follow what?

• Personal preference

• Proper formatting

• Random order

• Alphabetical order

Look for patterns in grammar, punctuation, or spelling errors. Can you turn repeated errors into what?

• Teachable opportunities

• Ignored mistakes

• Unimportant details

• Personal notes

Strong papers should have________.

• varied sentence length

• passive voice

• redundant sentence patterns

• weak verbs