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| What are two differences between an essay and a paragraph? |
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| Thesis statement (introduction)/topic sentence; conclusion/closing sentence; 5 paragraphs/1 paragraph |
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| What part of the introduction grabs the reader's attention? |
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| What tells the reader what your essay will be about? |
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| What does a thesis statement do? |
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| Tells the reader what your essay will be about. |
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| What tells the reader what your paragraph will be about? |
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| What does a topic sentence do? |
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| Tells the reader what your paragraph is about. |
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| What are the two parts of a thesis statement? |
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Part A: gives your position/argument
Part B: previews each of your main points |
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Thesis statement: Community service should be made mandatory because it develops students' character, gives them valuable work experience, and teaches the value of contributing to society.
Write a topic sentence for the second paragraph. |
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| (Something about community service giving students work experience) |
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Thesis statement: In my opinion, community service should be made mandatory.
What is this thesis statement missing? Complete it. |
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| (Community service should be made mandatory because 1), 2), and 3). |
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| What is the difference between a thesis statement and a topic sentence? |
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| Thesis statement - essay. Topic sentence - paragraph. |
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| What are four definition strategies? |
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| Description, comparison, examples, categories? |
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| What type of paragraph deals with similarities and differences? |
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| Compare/Contrast (or Comparison) |
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| A written map of how we will organize our essay or paragraph. |
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| Name one type of reading strategy. |
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| Scanning, skimming, active reading (SQ3R) |
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| Which reading strategy is used to find specific information very quickly? |
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| Which reading strategy is used to find the main ideas of an article or chapter without reading the entire thing? |
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| Which reading strategy is useful for identifying important information vs. unimportant informatoin? |
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| What are two characteristics of important information in a text? |
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1) supports the main idea
2) supports my purpose in reading the text (comprehension? writing assignment?) |
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| What two pieces of information about a source must we include in every in-text citation? |
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1) author's last name
2) year |
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| Where in an essay can we find more information about a source? (Title, Publisher, Issue #, web address, etc.) |
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| In what order should we list our references? |
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| In a reference page, what parts of a title are capitalized? |
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1) First word
2) First word after a colon (if applicable) |
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| Give an example of a signal phrase/verb. |
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| according to, says, writes, describes, argues, etc. |
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| Give an example of a comparison structure phrase. |
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| but, as well as, like, similarly, different from, in contrast, unlike, etc. |
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| Give an example of a cause/effect structure phrase. |
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| result in, due to, cause, give rise to, bring about, stem from, etc. |
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| Name or describe one strategy for inferring vocabulary. |
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1) Identify part of speech
2) Find contextual clues (definitions, restatements, compare/contrast, summaries)
3) Feel the connotation |
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| What is the term for stealing someone else's ideas or work? |
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| What 4 things must you include every time you use an author's exact words? |
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1) quotation marks
2) author's last name
3) year
4) page number / paragraph number |
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| How do you condense a quotation legally? |
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| How do you change words in a quotation to match grammatically with your sentence? |
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| When does a quote have to be indented? |
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| When it is 40 or more words. |
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| What is a "dropped quote"? |
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| A quote that is "dropped" into an essay without a signal phrase or explanation. |
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| Give an example of a process structure phrase (sequencing/time signal words). |
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| until, then, meanwhile, once, during, first, next, after that, finally, etc. |
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