Structure
Key Terms
Structural Key Terms
Paragraph Purpose
100
The name of the first paragraph of a piece of writing.
What is the introduction or intro?
100

Words used to make essay flow better.

What are transition words?

100
Quotations used to prove the writer's claim.

What is evidence?

100

Author's purpose of an argument essay. 

What is to persuade?

200

The evidence and analysis is located here.

What is in the body paragraph?

200

The author's opinion is also called this.

What is the claim?

200

The explanation of how evidence supports a claim.

What is analysis?

200

The purpose of the introduction paragraph. 

What is to introduce the topic, claim, and reasoning that will be discussed in the essay?
300
This paragraph summarizes the author's opinion at the end of an essay.
What is the conclusion?
300

The opposing claim is also called this.

What is the counterclaim?

300

The part of the introduction that grabs the reader's attention.

What is the hook?

300

The purpose of a body paragraph.

What is to provide evidence and explain how it supports the claim.

400

Text-based evidence in an argumentative essay is used for this purpose.

What is to support the argument/claim.

400

We must properly __________ our evidence to avoid plagiarism.

What is cite?

400

The statement made at the end of a conclusion paragraph about the real-life relevance of a claim/topic.

What is the final thought?

400

The purpose of a counterclaim. 

What is to acknowledge and rebut the opposing claim?

500

New evidence should never go in these two paragraphs.

What are the intro and conclusion paragraphs?

500

The formal name of the "..." used to replace parts of a quotation that have been cut out.

What is an ellipsis/ what are ellipses?

500
A statement explaining why an opposing side's thinking is incorrect. 

What is a rebuttal?

500

The purpose of a conclusion paragraph. 

What is to summarize what has been argued in the essay?