SAT Word of the Day Pretentious Part of Speech: Define: Adjective Acting as though more important, valuable, or special than is warranted How to use Pretentious in a Sentence

Body Paragraphs Unpack your evidence: Explain what the quote means and why it’s important to your argument. Explain your evidence: Explain why this evidence should cause the reader to agree with your argument Elaborate on it’s significance Show how it relates back to your claims Ask yourself: How does this evidence prove the point I’m trying to make in this paragraph/your paper as a whole? Why does this matter? Why does this happen? Whom does this affect and how? What are the long-term effects?