ACT writing ACT writing Jeopardy!Jeopardy!
ACT writing ACT writing Jeopardy!Jeopardy!
PlanningPlanning CompositionComposition RevisionRevision Scoring & Scoring & StrategiesStrategies
PotpourriPotpourri
100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500500 500500 500500
A.A. 100100underline important sections underline important sections
or words in this before or words in this before beginning your essay beginning your essay
essay promptessay prompt
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A.A. 200200this is how many minutes this is how many minutes
you have to read, plan and you have to read, plan and write the essaywrite the essay
30 minutes30 minutes
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A.A. 300300these are two pre-writing these are two pre-writing strategies you can usestrategies you can use
brainstorm, graphic brainstorm, graphic organizer or outlineorganizer or outline
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A.A. 400400the number of supporting the number of supporting
points you should have for a points you should have for a great essaygreat essay
three to fourthree to four
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A.A. 500500what should go in the what should go in the
second to last paragraph, second to last paragraph, or if you run out of time, or if you run out of time,
the last paragraphthe last paragraph
counterargument or rebuttalcounterargument or rebuttal
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B. 100B. 100what are the three main what are the three main
sections of the essaysections of the essay
introductionintroduction
bodybody
conclusionconclusion
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B. 200B. 200clearly state this at the end of clearly state this at the end of
your first paragraphyour first paragraph
your thesisyour thesis
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B. 300B. 300 make logical relationships make logical relationships
clear by using theseclear by using these
transitional words and phrases transitional words and phrases within and between paragraphswithin and between paragraphs
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B. 400B. 400 a strong conclusion does this a strong conclusion does this
summarizes and reinforces summarizes and reinforces your position and restates your position and restates
your thesisyour thesis
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B. 500B. 500when you avoid saying the when you avoid saying the
same thing over and over again, same thing over and over again, this is calledthis is called
conciseconcise
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C. 100C. 100take a few minutes before the end take a few minutes before the end
of the testing session to do thisof the testing session to do this
proofreadproofread
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C. 200C. 200 if you find any words that are if you find any words that are
hard to read, then do thishard to read, then do this
rewrite the wordsrewrite the words
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C. 300C. 300the ACT readers do not expect the ACT readers do not expect
your draft to be thisyour draft to be this
perfectperfect
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C. 400C. 400 where you should make where you should make corrections and revisions corrections and revisions
between the linesbetween the lines
(not in the margins!)(not in the margins!)
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C. 500C. 500 the four major “proofreading” the four major “proofreading”
categoriescategories
grammar, usage, punctuation grammar, usage, punctuation and spellingand spelling
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D. 100D. 100 highest score you can receive highest score you can receive
on the writing teston the writing test
twelvetwelve
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D. 200D. 200 True/False True/False
you should write your essay on you should write your essay on every other line (double space) every other line (double space)
falsefalse
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D. 300D. 300 the number of readers who the number of readers who
grade your essaygrade your essay
twotwo
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D. 400D. 400how much time should you allot how much time should you allot
for each section: planning, for each section: planning, writing and revising writing and revising
planning = 5 minutesplanning = 5 minutes
writing = 20 minuteswriting = 20 minutes
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D. 500D. 500it doesn’t matter what side you it doesn’t matter what side you
take when you write your essay, take when you write your essay, as long as you write with thisas long as you write with this
passionpassion
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E. 100E. 100 this precedes the writing test this precedes the writing test
sciencescience
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E. 200E. 200this is how many paragraphs a this is how many paragraphs a
strong essay would havestrong essay would have
sixsix
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E. 300E. 300the opening sentence that grabs the opening sentence that grabs
the reader’s attention is thisthe reader’s attention is this
hookhook
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E. 400E. 400the first sentence of each body the first sentence of each body
paragraph should be this type of paragraph should be this type of sentencesentence
topic sentencetopic sentence
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E. 500E. 500each body paragraph should each body paragraph should contain this many examples contain this many examples
two to threetwo to three
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