Formal Writing Unit Test English 10

An introductory paragraph includes the following parts:

A hook, background information, and a thesis statement.

The first part of an introductory paragraph is:

The hook

A hook is:

Engages the reader and makes him/her/when want to continue reading.

Background information is:

A summery of the sources being used in the essay.

Background information also includes:

The source title and authors.

The purpose of background information is to:

Orient the reader by providing titles, authors, information on the sources.

The last part of an introductory paragraph is:

Thesis Statement/Claim

A thesis statement/claim is:

One sentence that tells the reader what the rest of the essay will be about

The basic parts of a body paragraph include:

Topic sentence, supporting details, reasons, evidence, transitions, closing

A topic sentence:

Expresses and introduces the main idea of the paragraph

Supporting details are:

Ideas that help explain and support the main idea

Textual evidence is used to:

Back up the writer's ideas, thoughts, analysis, reasons, and claims

The basic structure for utilizing textual evidence is:

Introduce, quote, cite, explain

An in-text reference includes:

Both the author's last name and page number

When a writer quotes poetry, it is formatted differently than if the writer was quoting a story

true

Introducing a quote with a single phrase gives the reader:

Understanding that there's an outside source or an idea

The purpose of explaining textual evidence after the writer quotes it is:

Provide reader with how the quote supports the writer's idea

Transitions are:

words/phrases that link together/ make writing flow smoothly

Closing sentences are:

The last sentence of a paragraph that wraps up the ideas

A concluding paragraph includes the following parts:

Restated thesis/claim, recap major points, and leave the reader thinking

The first part of a concluding paragraph is:

Restated thesis/claim

The middle part of the concluding paragraph is:

Is the summary

The last part of a concluding paragraph (and essay) is:

A point that leaves the reader with something to think about

When writing academically/formally, it should be written in:

3rd person

academic/formal writing should not use:

I, me, my, we us, our

academic/formal writing should avoid the use of the word:

you

academic/formal writing should avoid the use of the words:

Things, very, so

Which of the following is a proper-in text reference?

(Soto 2)

After writing a first draft, effective writers...

Reread and revise their work

According to MLA format, when referencing smaller sources in a writing piece, they should be:

"Put in quotation marks"

According to MLA format, when referencing larger sources in a writing piece, they should be:

Put in italics

MLA Format

-Times New Roman

-12 font

-written out date (January 27, 2025 or 27 January 2025)

-Double Spacing

-Header, Heading

Center the title and Capitalized

Heading

My Name

Teachers Name

Class

Date

Header

Last Name and Page # (Change size/font)

Top right of page

" " are used

Song/speech/poem

Introductory paragraphs move from

Broadest to most specific (Hook, Transition, Thesis)

Conclusion Paragraphs move from

Most specific to broadest (Thesis, Summary, Clincher)

Your work Cited needs a...

Hanging Indent 0.5

Thesis Statement Three Main Parts

Topic, Opinion, Plan