Introductions
The first paragraph of an essay
What is an introduction?
This is typically the first sentence in a paragraph, and states what the paragraph will be about.
What is a TOPIC SENTENCE?
Every sentence must have these two parts of speech.
What are a NOUN and a VERB?
The process of checking your work for spelling and grammatical errors.
What is PROOFREADING?
FREEBIE
The part of the introduction that grabs the reader's attention.
What is the HOOK?
This is any word or phrase that helps connect paragraphs, sentences, or ideas.
What are TRANSITIONS?
This group of words might begin with a preposition, but never includes a verb.
What is a phrase?
This is the process of fixing what you write, keeping what's good while deleting or changing what's not so good.
What is REVISION?
The name of the special event hosted by Daniel Jenkins Academy last night.
What is OPEN ENROLLMENT NIGHT?
The sentence in the introduction that states the essay's topic, takes a position about that topic, and provides a "road map" for the reader.
What is a THESIS STATEMENT?
(Or mission statement, or controlling idea statement)
This is where your citations of evidence come from.
What are SOURCES?
This type of informal word or phrase should never be used in formal writing, such as an essay.
What is slang?
In this method, two people trade essays for comments and helpful advice.
What is PEER REVIEW?
A word that sounds like another word, but has a different spelling and/or meaning
This part of the introduction connects the hook to the thesis statement.
What is the BRIDGE?
This type of punctuation is often used when citing evidence in an essay.
What are quotation marks?
This is the space before the beginning of a paragraph's first sentence, that indicates a new paragraph has begun.
What is an indent?
Someone else's honest opinion and advice for improvement is called this.
What is FEEDBACK?
The top prize for middle school students in the MLK Jr. Essay Challenge
What is $150?
Common name for the introduction to the Constitution of the United States of America
What is the PREAMBLE?
These are your personal thoughts or explanations of the text that you cited in your paragraph, which add depth to the paragraph's information as well as give "voice" to the essay.
What is ELABORATION?
These are three types of sentences.
What are simple, compound, and complex?
This is the chart that explains the scoring system for a student's essay.
What is a rubric?
Poetry that is written to be performed for an audience.
What is SPOKEN WORD?
(Or slam poetry)