Informative Vocabulary
The section of an essay that allows you to have the final say on the issues you have raised in the paper.
What is the Conclusion
The closing section that refers back to the main topic
What is a Conclusion
How many sentences complete a paragraph?
What is 5-7 Sentences
This type illustrates step-by-step directions.
What is Sequence
The point of a paragraph
What is a Main Idea or a Thesis Statement
The section that must grab a reader's attention
What is an Introduction
True or False? All essays must always be double-spaced when typed.
What is True
This type describes a person, place, or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader's mind.
What is Description
A statement that can be proven true or false
What is a Fact.
The reasonable information that we will use as support for the thesis statement
What is Supporting Details or Facts
How many paragraphs your informative essay should have
What is 5 Paragraphs
This type looks at two or more things closely in order to see what is similar or different about them or in order to decide which one is better.
What is Compare/Contrast
The section of an essay where certain elements that are important to the essay are introduced, if explanations are not part of the main text.
What is the Introduction
Also known as text structures, these tell how the information within an essay will be physically presented on the paper.
What is an Organization/Text Structure
How we insert "borrowed" information into our essays
What is By Quoting or By Paraphrasing
This type is an attempt to discover either the origins of something, such as an event or a decision; the effects or results that can be properly attributed to it; or both.
What is Cause/Effect
The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.
What is the Tone
Signposts throughout an essay that tells readers where the writer wants them to go
What are Transitions
What makes an essay the most cohesive
What are Transition Words
This type says something meaningful about how a whole relates to its parts, or how the parts relate to a whole.
What is Classification