Explanatory Writing
The purpose of explanatory writing.
What is informing/ explaining/ teaching the reader about a topic.
The purpose of narrative writing.
What is to entertain.
The purpose of argumentative writing.
What is to persuade/ convince.
A comparison between two unalike things that uses the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile.
The structure of an explanatory essay.
What is an introduction, 3 body paragraphs (subtopics), and a conclusion.
The sentence that explains what the essay will be about.
What is the thesis statement.
A type of language that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language.
The 3 things that must always be included in an argumentative paragraph.
What is CER/ claims, evidence, and reasoning.
A comparison between two unalike things that does not use the words "like" or "as." States that one thing is another.
The structure of a narrative.
What is the beginning, middle, and end. The exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
The sentence that starts off every paragraph.
What is a topic sentence/ subtopic.
The type of language that describes using the 5 senses.
What is sensory language.
The other side's argument.
What is the counterclaim/ counterargument.
An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole.
The structure of argumentative writing.
What is the introduction, 2 CER paragraphs, counterargument and rebuttal, and conclusion.
The E's that are always together. Always required for explanatory writing.
What is evidence and elaboration.
The 5 elements of a story.
What is characters, setting, plot, conflict, and theme.
Your response to the other side's argument.
What is the rebuttal.
Giving human traits to a non human thing or animal.
What is personification.
What is the structure of an introduction for explanatory and argumentative writing.
What is a hook, background, and thesis.
The word that means having no opinions or showing no emotion.
What is objective.
The 5 parts of a plot diagram in order.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
The sentence that encapsulates your main argument.
What is the thesis statement.
A common phrase or expression that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is an idiom.
What must be included in the introduction/ exposition paragraph.
Characters, setting, conflict.