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Writing Essays

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How many parts to an introduction?

3 - opening sentence, building sentences, thesis

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What three things do all essays have?

Introduction, Body, Conclusion

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What is the purpose of the thesis statement?

To tell the reader what argument the essay will make, or what topics will be covered.

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True or false: You shouldn't give away the ending of an essay

False

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Where do you find the thesis statement?

End of the introduction

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True or false: You should have lots of references in your introduction

False - provide support for your ideas in the body paragraphs

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Is it okay to use personal pronouns in an essay?

No, they're best avoided

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True or false: All ideas need to be supported with research (citations).

True

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Where do you find topic sentences?

At the start of each body paragraph

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True or false: The opening sentence of an introduction should paraphrase the question

True

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True or false: paraphrases and summaries need to be cited.

True - All information from other sources needs to be cited

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How do you indicate that you're using the EXACT words of another author?

With quotation marks " "

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Name 3 types of words that should be avoided in academic writing

personal pronouns, contractions, slang, abbreviations...

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