EOC Writing Review

Order of Components of an Introduction in an Informative or Argumentative Essay

• Roadmap, Bridge Hook, Thesis Statement

• Roadmap, Background Information, Hook, Thesis Statement

• Thesis Statement, Bridge, Hook, Roadmap

• Hook, Bridge, Thesis Statement, Roadmap

Order of Components of a Body Paragraph in an Informative or Argumentative Essay

• Topic: Restate and Answer

  Cite and Explain

  Summary/Transition

• Summary/Transition

  Topic: Restate and Answer

  Cite and Explain

• Cite and Explain

  Summary/Transition

  Topic: Restate and Answer

• Explain

  Cite/Transition

  Topic: Restate and Answer

Order of Components in Last Body Paragraph of an Argumentative Essay

• Restate and Answer

  Cite and Explain

  Summary/Transition

• Counter Argument

  Cite and Explain

  Rebuttal

  Cite and Explain

  Summary/Transition

• Rebuttal

  Cite and Explain

  Counter Argument

  Cite and Explain

  Summary/Transition

• Topic

  Rebuttal

  Counter Argument

Order of Components in Narrative Writing

• Climax

  Inciting Action

  Exposition

  Rising Action

  Falling Action

  Resolution

• Inciting Action

  Exposition

  Rising Action

  Climax

  Resolution

  Falling Action

• Exposition

  Inciting Action

  Rising Action

  Climax

  Falling Action

  Resolution

• Introduction

  Action

  Climax

  Conclusion

If you are asked to choose a side and you have no opinion on the topic, you should

• Just not write the essay. Writing sucks!

• Choose a side and pretend to support it. You are being scored on writing skills, not your opinions.

• Cry.

• Sleep.

A counter-argument ...

• acknowledges someone who may disagree with your side

• insists that your side is the only right way

• provides more information for the reader

• allows you to put in your own personal opinions

Order of Parts of a Conclusion to an Informative or Argumentative Essay

• Restate Thesis

  Final Nugget

• Restate Thesis

  Quotation

• Final Nugget

  Restate Thesis

• Restate Thesis

  Anecdote

Which is not a GREAT option for a hook in an informative or argumentative essay (though it is adequate for the EOC)?

• Anecdote or Personal Story

• Question

• Quotation, Statistic, or Fact

• Strong Statement

How is this sentence best revised? Warning Tony that he needed to prepare really well for the approaching debate with Lorna, he wouldn’t listen to me.

• I warned Tony that he needed to prepare really well for the approaching debate with Lorna, but he wouldn’t listen to me.

• Tony, he needed to prepare really well for the approaching debate with Lorna, he wouldn’t listen to me, I warned him.

• Warning Tony that he needed to prepare really well for the approaching debate with Lorna is what I was doing but he wouldn’t listen to me.

What is the correct order of components in an argumentative essay introduction?

• Hook, Bridge, Thesis Statement, Roadmap

• Thesis Statement, Hook, Bridge, Roadmap

• Bridge, Hook, Thesis Statement, Roadmap

• Hook, Thesis Statement, Bridge, Roadmap