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The Long Composition
Quick questions on Organizing the composition - Grade 10 ELA MCAS
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What is several points in one paragraph?Show answer
Cramming multiple points into a paragraph blurs them. Keep one main point per body paragraph.
What are no transitions?Show answer
Without signposts, paragraphs feel disconnected. Use transitions to show how each relates to the last.
What are a conclusion that just repeats?Show answer
A conclusion should return to the thesis and its significance, not copy the introduction word for word.
What is q1?Show answer
What is the job of each part of the essay, the introduction, the body, and the conclusion? [Recall]
What is q2?Show answer
A student's essay has strong points but jumps between them with no links, and the reader gets lost. What two fixes would help most? [Short explanation]
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