1. Take a Chance 8 th Grade Georgia Writing Test

2. Every essay must start with this…

3. The three parts of an essay are…

4. This is the last sentence in the introduction…

5. The thesis statement lists how many points in which you will discuss in your essay…

6. This statement essentially is the outline of your essay…

7. These words should start each body paragraph…

8. This paragraph addresses the other side of the argument in a persuasive essay…

9. This paragraph restates the thesis, summarizes the main ideas of the essay, and leaves the reader with something to “chew” on…

10. I can make up these in order to further explain my three ideas…

11. This type of writing aims to explain, inform…

12. This type of writing aims to convince and argue a side of an issue…

13. This is the VERY FIRST thing that I do when I receive my test…

14. This is the first stage of the writing process…

15. During this stage of the writing process, I review, modify, add, change my ideas to make them flow and sound better….

16. During this stage of the writing process, I look for capitalization, spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes…

17. I should never use this pronoun in my writing….

18. I should especially avoid these dead words in my writing….

19. I should never start a sentence with these conjunctions….

20. I should never use these joined words in an essay…

21. This is a technique to use in a conclusion…

22. I should complete this final step before turning in my essay….