Organization
The amount of paragraphs in an argument essay
FIVE
This essay is trying to convince your audience.
What is an argument essay?
This is the definition of thesis.
What is the writer's main idea, overall argument or position?
This is why you need textual evidence.
What is to prove your thesis/claim?
This is how you begin every body paragraph
What is a topic sentence?
What is background information?
This essay prompt will tell you to explain something.
What is an informative/explanatory essay prompt.
This is the definition of counterclaim
What is the opposite argument of the writer?
This describes a direct quote.
What is word for word from the text?
This is why you use elaboration.
What is to explain your evidence and to prove your thesis
These are words or phrases used to connect paragraphs together.
Transitions
An argument essay has one but an explanatory essay does not.
What is a counterclaim?
This is the definition of textual evidence.
What is outside research that you include in your essay to prove your opinion?
You put these around a direct quote
What are "quotation marks?"
This is how you should start a counter argument
"On the other hand" and/or "Some people believe that..."
Give me an example of a correct topic sentence
Should have a transition, a claim, and a reason; Example: To begin with, culture does not define us because we can define ourselves
These are the key words for an explanatory essay prompts.
What is explain or inform?
These are the two parts of a thesis statement (or the formula for a thesis statement).
What is claim plus reasons?
Give an example of a way to begin evidence
according to..., x author states, the author of source..., etc
You should ALWAYS do this before you submit your essay.
What is read over it again OR spell check?
The names of all 5paragraphs in an argument essay.
What are introduction, reason #1, reason #2, Counterclaim (rebuttal), and conclusion?
Both an argument and expository essay need these two things.
What are textual evidence and a thesis statement?
This is the definition of rebuttal (and does where it goes).
What is a statement that tells why the counterclaim is not true and in the counterclaim paragraph?
This describes an paraphrase.
a quote put into your own words
The difference between a paraphrase and a summary
What is a summary is shorter than the original source, but a paraphrase is about the same length?