Structure Has It
Sentences that introduce a topic to get the reader interested?
What is a hook/leadin?
A sentence that states an answer to the informative prompt.
What is a thesis statement?
A comma goes before this when using this to join two complete sentences.
What is a conjunction?
An essay that educates your reader on a topic.
What is an informative essay?
The font you should type the essay in.
What is Times New Roman?
What is the tie-in?
It is a statement that expresses your side of an argument.
What is the claim?
You use this punctuation piece to connect to complete sentences.
What is a semicolon?
To explain a position on a topic with the goal to make readers understand your side of an issue.
What is argumentative?
Writing the author's last name or source # in parenthesis after the text evidence.
What is parenthetical citation?
It helps to create a flow and organization of ideas and thoughts throughout the essay.
Transitions
What is the topic sentence?
It is not a conjunction, but can be used in a similar manner to join two sentences.(hint- A semicolon comes before it and a comma after. )
What is a sentence connector?
What is text evidence?
What is writing "some may say.." or "one would argue" to start a rebuttal?
It reviews the major points of the essay. It does not show any new ideas.
What is the conclusion?
Identifies an objection to the claim
What is the counterclaim?
However, therefore, and hence are examples.
What is a sentence connector?
What are ways to use text evidence?
How many sources should we use for text evidence?
What is all of them?
Facts, statistics, and examples
What are things that help prove and explain an argument?
It is a statement that weakens the counterclaim.
What is the rebuttal?
YOU must never use this in a formal essay!
What is you, your, or you're?
What is connotation?
Explaining why you chose text evidence and how it connects to the topic.
What is elaboration?