Informative Vocabulary
Must-Have Features
Writing Pro
Formatting
Text Features
100

The section of an essay that allows you to have the final say on the issues you have raised in the paper.

What is the Conclusion

100

The paragraph that refers back to the main topic and recaps the details

What is a Conclusion

100

The three main parts of the essay

What are the introduction, the body, and the conclusion

100

The number of points required in your tell (thesis) statement.

What is 3

100

This type illustrates step-by-step directions.

What is Sequence

200

The point of a paragraph

What is a Main Idea or a Thesis Statement

200

The paragraph that must grab a reader's attention

What is an Introduction

200

A statement that gives the 3 main points that are written about in each body paragraph

What is the tell (thesis)

200

This essay may also be called an informative essay

What is an expository essay

200

This type describes a person, place, or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader's mind.

What is Description

300

A statement that can be proven true or false

What is a Fact.

300

The purpose of the type of essay is to provide information or explain steps to a process

What is an informative essay

300

The strategy used in each body paragraph

What is RACE

300

Number of paragraphs your informative essay should have

What is 5 Paragraphs

300

This type looks at two or more things closely in order to see what is similar or different about them or in order to decide which one is better.

What is Compare/Contrast

400

The section of an essay that contains a catch.

What is the Introduction

400

They are description, compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause/effect, and sequencing.

What are types of text features

400

This MUST be included in your address sentence in the introduction

What is the name of both articles

400

The order in which you write your concluding paragraph

What is transition, recap, retell, and punch

400

This type is an attempt to discover either the origins of something, such as an event or a decision; the effects or results that can be properly attributed to it; or both.

What is Cause/Effect

500

The three paragraphs giving details about the ideas introduced in the introductory paragraph

What are the body paragraphs?

500

A type of punctuation used when citing evidence.

What are quotation marks

500

Every body paragraph must begin with one

What is a transition word

500

The part of your conclusion paragraph that reminds the readers about the main idea of the essay

What is the recap

500

This type introduces an issue and gives ways to handle the issue.

What is problem and solution