Extended Definition Essay Checklist Did you establish a

Extended Definition Essay Checklist Did you establish a context for writing in your introduction? Did you avoid using second person? Did you write your essay with your specific audience in mind? (CCHS students and/or teachers)

Organizing and Developing Ideas: Essays & Paragraphs

What are the components of a well written Essay? • ENGAGE/HOOK • ESTABLISH CONTEXT/PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFO • THESIS STATEMENT

What are the components of a well essay? • SUPPORTING DETAILS • DEVELOPMENT • ORGANIZATION • TRANSITION

Once writers gather their ideas, how should those ideas be organized? Does it matter? • LOGICAL ORDER • ORDER OF IMPORTANCE • CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

What are different ways to develop/explain a main idea? • DEFINITION • EXAMPLES • CAUSE/EFFECT • COMPARE/CONTRAST

How can a writer guide the reader from one idea to the next and show the relationship between ideas? Examples • for example • for instance • one time

How can a writer guide the reader from one idea to the next and show the relationship between ideas? Comparison/ Contrast similarly on the other hand also unlike as well in contrast like however

How can a writer guide the reader from one idea to the next and show the relationship between ideas? Cause / Effect because therefore as a result of as a result due to consequently since if…then

How can a writer guide the reader from one idea to the next with a smooth transition? INCLUDE TRANSITIONAL WORDS AND/OR PHRASES THAT SHOW THE CONNECTION AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IDEAS.

What purpose does a conclusion serve? • SUMS UP THE MAIN IDEAS USING DIFFERENT WORDS. • PROVIDES CLOSURE WITH A PERSONAL REFLECTION OR THOUGHT.

Extended Definition Essay Checklist Did you establish a context for writing in your introduction? Did you avoid using second person? Did you write your essay with your specific audience in mind? (CCHS students and/or teachers) Do you provide smooth transition between ideas AND show the relationship and connection between ideas with appropriate transitional words/phrases? Did you show with specific examples/situations/illustrations/anecdotes (instead of just telling)?

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