Persuasive Vocabulary
This is the first paragraph of an essay.
What is the introduction?
This statement tells your reader your main point or claim.
What is a thesis statement?
Quotes, facts, and examples are all types of this.
What is evidence?
A conclusion should always restate this part of your essay.
What is the thesis?
Comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
This is the last paragraph of an essay
What is the conclusion?
This part of the introduction grabs the reader’s attention.
What is a hook?
This word means putting text into your own words while keeping the meaning.
What is paraphrasing?
Instead of repeating word-for-word, you should do this with your thesis in the conclusion.
What is restate it in new words?
This occurs when a writer gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.
What is personification?
Most essays contain at least this many body paragraphs.
What is three?
This part of an introduction provides background information before the thesis.
What is context?
Strong essays explain how evidence supports the claim. This is called what?
What is reasoning?
A conclusion should leave the reader with this—an overall message or lesson.
What is a final thought?
The use of words that imitate the sounds they refer to (whack, fizz, crackle, hiss).
What is onomatopoeia?
These words, such as first, next, however, help connect ideas between paragraphs.
What are transitions?
A thesis should always be this—specific or vague?
What is specific?
This style of citation is often used in English classes.
What is MLA?
One common mistake in conclusions is introducing this.
What is new information?
This is exaggeration for emphasis.
What is a hyperbole?
The typical order of an essay is introduction, body, and this.
What is the conclusion?
A good introduction moves from broad to narrow, like this shape.
What is an inverted triangle?
Statistics, data, and research are examples of this type of evidence.
What is factual evidence?
The last line of a conclusion should leave a strong impression, also called this.
What is a clincher?
Descriptive words and phrases that recreate sensory experiences for the reader.
What is imagery?