elements of an introduction
Purpose of an introduction
What is stating the purpose or central idea of the essay?
Sums up the central points of your paper
What is a thesis statement?
True or false: a conclusion establishes the main points of the essay
What is false? A conclusion provides clarity for your audience
Purpose of a concluding statement
What is the restating of the thesis statement and wrap up the purpose of the essay?
Main parts of an introduction
What are hook, background information, topic information, and main thesis?
States your opinion and/or a fact that you will be defending throughout your paper
What is included in a thesis statement?
Rewording the introduction and a strong concluding statement
What should be included in your conclusion?
Something that leaves the readers with thought and intrigue to your topic
What is an effective concluding statement?
Grabs the reader's attention -> otherwise known as the attention grabber
What is a hook?
True or False: a thesis statement is a fact
What is false? A thesis statement should be an opinion/claim
True or false: a conclusion should copy the thesis word-for-word
What is false? Even though you SHOULD restate your thesis within your conclusion, there should be a change in how the thesis is presented
a concluding sentence should accomplish...
What is restating the main idea of the topic?
A few sentences to establish the main topic and create context for the rest of the essay
What is background information and topic introduction?
One to two concise sentences
How long is a thesis statement?
Provide a closing thought/concept to readers
What does a conclusion do?
another name for a concluding statement
What is an effective ending?
True or false: an essay's hook can be a quote, interesting fact, rhetorical question, and/or descriptive story
What is true? A hook can have multiple forms that attract the audience's attention
The writer's opinion or position on an arguable topic
What is a claim?
Three parts of a conclusion
What are Restate Thesis, Summary of Body Paragraphs, and Effective Ending?
The first thing that needs to be accomplished when writing a conclusion
What is restating the main idea?