The first sentence of your essay, used to grab the readers attention and get them interested in your essay.
What is the Wordly Statement.
100
This helps us move from one topic to the next, and is almost always the first sentence of your Body Paragraphs.
What is a Transition.
100
This is the first thing you should write when you start your Closing Paragraph. It restates your position on the issue.
What is a Thesis Sentence.
100
This is the focus of an article. What it is about.
What is the Main Idea.
100
This is the mascot of the Federal Way High School.
Who is Beakz.
200
The second and third sentence of your opening paragraph that tells the reader about the issue you are writing about.
What is Background Information?
200
Each Body Paragraph must have one of these. It is the focus of discussion in each body paragraph, and helps prove that your Thesis is true.
What is a Reason.
200
Similar to what is found in your Opening Paragraph, this sentence helps connect your position on the topic to the reader and the world.
What is a Worldly Statement?
200
These are the things a summary should include.
What is a Main Idea Sentence, and Three Supporting Details.
200
This is the Hobbit featured in the book and movie entitled "The Hobbit."
Who is Bilbo Baggins.
300
The last sentence of your first paragraph. This is where you tell your audience your opinion on the topic you are writing about.
What is a Thesis Statement?
300
You must provide this to help prove that your Reasons are valid and true. It is an example of your Reason being true or valid. It always follows your Reason sentence.
What is Evidence.
300
This sentence tells or demands that the reader DO something to support or stop the topic being discussed.
What is the Call For Action?
300
This is an educated guess about a topic, based off of observations and evidence from the text.
What is an Inference.
300
This muppet ran into some legal trouble this year, paving the way for Grover to retake his place as top monster on their television show.
Who is Elmo?
400
This is where you would look to find the information for your Background Sentences.
What is the essay prompt?
400
This is examples, explanation, stories, and facts that help show that your Evidence is valid.
What is Elaboration.
400
These five things are the various parts of DEAFQ, which are types of elaboration.
What are Descriptions, Examples/Explanation, Anecdotes, Facts/Stats/Feelings, and Quotes?
400
This is when you examine what happens as a result of an action. "A" happened because of "B".
Example: The bird froze to death BECAUSE it went out in the blizzard.
What is Cause and Effect.
400
This is the name of Spider-Man/Peter Parker's girlfriend in his latest film, The Amazing Spider-Man.
What is Gwen Stacey.
500
To write one of these, you must state your opinion without showing that it is your opinion. It must look like a fact.
What is a Thesis Statement.
500
This is the final sentence of your Body Paragraph and shows WHY the reader should care about all the evidence and elaboration you just shared. This sentence boils it all down to show why it's important to the reader.
What is the Significance Sentence.
500
Each Body Paragraph must have two of these.
What is pieces of evidence?
500
This is WHY the author writes an article. The reason the writer decides to write in the first place. It could be to inform, to entertain, or to try to change something in the world.
What is Author's Purpose.
500
This 24 year old man from Washington, D.C. threw 26 touchdowns during his rookie season in the NFL, which is a record for most touchdowns thrown by a rookie.
Who is Russell Wilson?
Who is the Seahawks' quarterback?
Who is the man that will take the Seahawks to the Superbowl within the next couple years.