ENGL 1101 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Question and answers already
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1. How should
First paragraph: begin with a hook, or attention-getting statement that
an examples
gets the reader's attention, and then lead up to the thesis statement,
essay be
which should be the last sentence of your first paragraph. The thesis should
organized?
tell what the essay is about and reveal your attitude about your subject; it
should also reveal the essay's 3-part organization.
The Second, Third, and Fourth paragraphs should all begin with topic
sentences that clearly tell what those paragraphs are about. These
sentences should also contain some kind of transition. After the topic
sentence, each of these paragraphs should provide plenty of showing
writing: your showing writing will be your ex- amples. For showing
writing, include the evidence of your senses. Describe what things look
like, sound like, feel like, etc.
The last paragraph should begin by reminding the reader what the
essay has been about. Then you should provide a few sentences that
will bring the essay to a close and let the reader know why the issue is
important. Try to do what I call "universalizing the message." That is,
once you've described the issue in your essay, let your conclusion show
why the points you have made are important - to you, to the reader,
and perhaps to the world at large, if you can.
When choosing evidence, always gauge whether the evidence is
appropriate for the subject as well as the audience.
Organize the evidence in terms of importance, either from least important to
most important or from most important to least important.
Use time transitions to order evidence.
2. How
Use phrases of illustration to call out examples.
Should a
Compari- OPTION 1 - Side by Side (4-paragraph version)
son/Contrast
I. Introduction (Attention Getting Hook, background information, thesis
Es-
statement)
II. Body Paragraph 1 - All about McDonald's
say be organized? A. Example and Support (Prices at McDonald's)
1/
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, ENGL 1101 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Question and answers already
passed 2025
1. Specific Example
2. Specific Example
B. Example and Support (Service at McDonald's)
1. Specific Example
2/
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passed 2025
1. How should
First paragraph: begin with a hook, or attention-getting statement that
an examples
gets the reader's attention, and then lead up to the thesis statement,
essay be
which should be the last sentence of your first paragraph. The thesis should
organized?
tell what the essay is about and reveal your attitude about your subject; it
should also reveal the essay's 3-part organization.
The Second, Third, and Fourth paragraphs should all begin with topic
sentences that clearly tell what those paragraphs are about. These
sentences should also contain some kind of transition. After the topic
sentence, each of these paragraphs should provide plenty of showing
writing: your showing writing will be your ex- amples. For showing
writing, include the evidence of your senses. Describe what things look
like, sound like, feel like, etc.
The last paragraph should begin by reminding the reader what the
essay has been about. Then you should provide a few sentences that
will bring the essay to a close and let the reader know why the issue is
important. Try to do what I call "universalizing the message." That is,
once you've described the issue in your essay, let your conclusion show
why the points you have made are important - to you, to the reader,
and perhaps to the world at large, if you can.
When choosing evidence, always gauge whether the evidence is
appropriate for the subject as well as the audience.
Organize the evidence in terms of importance, either from least important to
most important or from most important to least important.
Use time transitions to order evidence.
2. How
Use phrases of illustration to call out examples.
Should a
Compari- OPTION 1 - Side by Side (4-paragraph version)
son/Contrast
I. Introduction (Attention Getting Hook, background information, thesis
Es-
statement)
II. Body Paragraph 1 - All about McDonald's
say be organized? A. Example and Support (Prices at McDonald's)
1/
9
, ENGL 1101 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Question and answers already
passed 2025
1. Specific Example
2. Specific Example
B. Example and Support (Service at McDonald's)
1. Specific Example
2/
9
