Writing Fundamentals
What every sentence you write must end with
What is punctuation?
Writing type with the goal of telling a story
What is narrative writing?
The facts that support your argument
What is evidence?
The part of the essay where most of the evidence is written
What is the body paragraphs?
The types of words you shouldn't use in formal writing
What is slang OR contractions?
Writing that includes facts to support an opinion
What is persuasive writing?
One source of evidence
What is statistics, examples, or interviews?
The sentence at the beginning of an essay designed to draw the reader's attention
What is the hook?
The number of main ideas that a paragraph should cover
What is one?
The type of writing most likely to include strong sensory details
What is descriptive writing?
The "what" of an argument that states what you believe
What is the claim?
The sentence at the end of the first paragraph that summarizes the main argument of an essay
What is the thesis statement?
The two parts of speech that every sentence must include
What are subject and verb?
A news report is one example of this type of writing
What is expository writing?
Something that should not be included in evidence
What is the author's opinion?
The part of the essay that contains a restated thesis statement
What is the conclusion?
The name of the space that goes at the start of a paragraph
What is an indentation?
The four types of writing
What are expository, persuasive, narrative, and descriptive?
One reason to use transition words
What is adding, sequencing, illustrating, cause and effect, comparing, qualifying, contrasting, or emphasizing?