Essay Basics
This type of writing explains a topic or informs the reader about a topic.
What is explanatory/informative writing?
This is used at the beginning of an essay to grab the reader’s attention.
What is a hook/attention grabber?
This sentence tells what the body paragraph will be about.
What is the topic sentence?
Which comes first in a body paragraph: evidence or topic sentence?
What is the topic sentence?
The conclusion should restate this using different wording.
What is the thesis or claim?
This type of writing takes a side and tries to convince the reader.
What is argumentative writing?
This part of the introduction gives the reader information they need to understand the topic.
What is background information?
This part gives a specific situation or idea that supports the topic sentence.
What is a reason/example?
Which comes first: reason/example or evidence?
What is the reason/example?
After restating the thesis or claim, the conclusion should do this with the essay’s important ideas.
What is summarize the key points?
An argumentative essay uses a claim, while an informative essay uses this.
What is a thesis?
In an informative essay, this sentence tells what topic the writer will explain.
What is the thesis?
This information from a source supports the reason or example.
What is evidence?
Which comes directly after evidence?
What is explanation of evidence?
An informative conclusion ends with this instead of simply stopping after the summary.
What is a final thought?
This paragraph comes first in both argumentative and informative essays.
What is the introduction?
In an argumentative essay, this sentence tells what viewpoint the writer is arguing.
What is the claim?
This part tells how or why the evidence supports the writer’s idea.
What is the explanation of evidence?
Put these in order: Evidence #1, Explanation #1, Reason/Example #1.
What is
Reason/Example #1
Evidence #1
Explanation #1?
An argumentative conclusion may end by asking the reader to do something.
What is a call to action?
Name the four major parts of an informative essay.
What are the introduction, body paragraph #1, body paragraph #2, and conclusion?
Put these introduction parts in the correct order: thesis/claim, background information, hook.
What is hook → background information → thesis/claim?
What should come after Reason/Example #2 → Evidence #2 → Explanation of Evidence #2?
What is the concluding sentence?
Give the complete order of an informative body paragraph.
What is
topic sentence
reason/example #1
evidence #1
explanation #1
reason/example #2
evidence #2
explanation #2
concluding sentence?
This paragraph appears in an argumentative essay but is not required in an informative essay.
What is the counterclaim paragraph?