Writing Helps -- Acronyms Plus

 RAFTS
Role
Audience
Format
Task
Strong Key Words

 ARMS  [Use your ARMS to Revise]
Add
Remove
Move around
Substitute  

A.R.M.S. Revision Strategy





SMILES [Use your SMILES to Edit Your Work.]

Sentences -- Make sure each sentence has a subject and an action.
Marks -- End each sentence with a punctuation mark.
Indents -- Indent each new paragraph.
Letters -- Start each sentence with a capital letter.
Editor -- Use any editing program available, and check your own spelling, etc.
(Spelling -- Double-check for the words you tend to misspell.)




The Basic Format of an Essay

1. Introductory Paragraph
      a. Hook
      b. Overall Central Idea (Sentence), also called Thesis

2.  First Body Paragraph
      (Transition)
      a. Central Idea Sentence, also called main idea or                 topic sentence (It supports the Overall Central Idea
      b. Evidence and Warrants for that Central Idea

3.  Second Body Paragraph
      (Transition)
      a. Central Idea Sentence, also called main idea or topic sentence (It supports the Overall Central Idea
      b. Evidence and Warrants for that Central Idea


4.  Third Body Paragraph
      (Transition)
      a. Central Idea Sentence, also called main idea or topic sentence (It supports the Overall Central Idea
      b. Evidence and Warrants for that Central Idea

 [For Argument: Acknowledge an opposing (opposite view) and show why your argument is still stronger.]

5. Concluding Paragraph
    (Transition)
    It sums up or concludes the essay, usually restating (in different words) your overall central idea, and leaving the essay feeling finished.
        http://www.time4writing.com/uncategorized/writing-a-good-conclusion-paragraph/
        http://www.asdk12.org/middlelink/la/writing/stepup/writing_conclusion.pdf