Beginnings & Endings
You want to make this as interesting as possible so the reader keeps reading.
What is an opening?
What is a hook?
What is a lead?
This is the purpose of a persuasive essay.
What is 'to convince the reader of your point of view'?
What is 'to make an argument'?
What is 'to talk the audience into something'?
These words describe actions and should be strong to make your essay more powerful.
What are verbs?
An informative essay, which has this as its goal or purpose.
What essay explains something to the reader?
What essay teaches something?
What essay lets the reader learn something?
This type of essay tells the reader a story.
What is a narrative essay?
This kind of beginning provides a bit of interesting information about your subject.
What is 'fact'?
This is the point of a narrative essay, and is why the essay is called 'narrative'.
What is 'tell a story'?
What is 'to tell a story'?
What is 'telling a story'?
This is an example of a weak action word.
What is 'was', 'be', 'is', 'tried', etc.? (any one)
This model shows how an informative essay should be organized. It is a kind of shape. It is oriented or positioned in a certain way.
What is an upside-down pyramid?
What is the upside-down pyramid model?
Examples of this type of essay include a how-to guide, an encyclopedia article, or a recipe.
What is an informative essay?
These may include a call to action in persuasive essays, a summary in informative essays, or something more organic in narrative essays; and should never introduce new arguments.
What are conclusions?
What are concluding paragraphs?
What are conclusion paragraphs?
The name of the type of paragraph belonging in the middle of a persuasive essay, providing support for your main point.
What is 'body'?
What is 'body paragraph'?
What is 'supporting paragraph'?
Examples of this include "white curtains flying", "a flash of bright light", and "white beards, very long."
What is description?
This is the purpose of one kind of informative essay. This is different from the purpose of an informative essay overall.
What is 'explaining how to do something', 'presenting multiple categories of something', or 'explaining what something means'? (any one)
When you do this, you are just trying to come up with ideas. During this time, there are no bad ideas; all ideas are welcome, until you find a really good one that you want to write about.
What is 'brainstorm'?
What is 'the brainstorming process'?
These can include jokes, anecdotes, facts, questions, and contrasts, and can introduce new information.
What are openings?
What are hooks?
What are leads?
What are opening paragraphs?
State this as early in your persuasive essay as possible, so that your reader knows what you are trying to say.
What is 'main idea'?
What is 'thesis'?
What is 'main point'?
This kind of word describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
An example of an informative essay with this purpose: "A sandbox game gives the player plenty of freedom to explore the world of the game, without constraining the player by giving them specific goals they must achieve to ‘win’."
What is 'definition'?
What is 'defining something'?
What is 'explaining what something means'?
This kind of writing does not include persuasive, informative, or narrative essays. It is meant to entertain or tell a story, and does not have to be true.
What is creative fiction? (What is creative writing? and What is fiction writing? are also acceptable)
Two things you should do in your essay's conclusion.
(any two)
What are 'providing a thoughtful ending to the essay', 'leaving a final impression on the reader', 'restating your thesis', 'summarizing your main points', and 'drawing to a close'?
These are the two kinds of details you can include in your narrative essay.
What are sensory and factual details?
What are sense-based and fact-based details?
What are sensory information and facts?
This word modifies an action word to tell you more about how something was done.
What is an adverb?
An example of an informative essay with this purpose: “There are more than 200 breeds of dogs, but to make things more convenient, dogs are usually put into one of three categories.”
What is explaining categories?
What is separating something into categories?
What is presenting multiple categories?
This is one of the specific essay topics that you chose to write about for homework.
What is [the topic of any homework assignment you've written]?