1. 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

2. 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?