Understanding Essays

Which is NOT an organizational part of an essay? 

• Elaboration
• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Body Paragraphs

When you frame the problem for the reader so that they they understand both sides of the argument or provide an interesting hook to catch their attention...

• Counter Claim
• Evidence
• Background Information
• Evidence

Your position or stance on an issues is called your...

• Claim
• Elaboration
• Evidence
• Reason

The _______ answers the why or provides a because statement to support your claim. 

• Reason
• Elaboration
• Evidence
• Counter Claim

____________ is very specific support from the text or a person who is an authority or expert on the subject. 

• Elaboration
• Evidence
• Body
• Claim

The purpose of an ELABORATION is to explain ALL of the following about your evidence EXCEPT...?

• What the evidence means
• Why the evidence matters
• Where you found it in the text
• Paraphrase/put it in simpler words

Possibly the best argument others or your opponents may use against you is called...

• Weakness
• Counter Claim
• Thesis Statement
• Claim

Reasons 1, Reason 2, and Reason 3, are developed or expanded upon in which three paragraphs? 

• Introduction, Body 1, and Body 3
• Background Info, Body 2, and Body 3
• Body 1, Body 2, and Body 3
• Introduction, Body, and Conclusion

In which two organizational paragraphs do you find the claim? 

• Introduction and Counter Claim
• Body 2 and Claim Reword
• Introduction & Conclusion
• Body 1 and Body 3

In the body paragraphs and in the conclusions, the reasons are restated or reworded to show sentence variety. 

• False
• True
• Sometimes