English 1126 Test Study

francis parkman wrote the oregon trail

true

the clincher sentence states the thesis of the paragraph

false, clincher REstates

some paragraphs end with a clincher sentence

true

the main point of the essay is given in the thesis statement

true

chronological order is the way ones eyes move

false, spatial order is the way ones eyes move

spatial order is the way things happen

false, chronological order is the way things happen

the two basic stages of writing an essay are planning and expanding

false, planning and WRITING

an essay topic should interest you, others, and be one about which you have personal knowledge or can find information

true

it is easier to write about a broad topic rather than a narrow topic

false, it is easier to write narrow

it is much easier to write an essay if you have a good outline

true

if a topic needs research, keep author, subject, and title cards

false, keep note cards and source cards

choose a _ area

subject

____ your topic

narrow

write your

thesis statement

formulate an ____

outline

do _ on your topic

research

Arrange your in order according to your outline

note cards

we should show rather than to those who offend us

mercy, revenge