Introductions
A sentence that grabs the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
Every paragraph must have these three elements.
What are topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence?
This type of essay primarily describes a person, place or thing.
What is a descriptive essay?
This transition phrase signals an opposing argument.
What is "on the other hand?"
The Writing Process has _____ basic steps.
Four (or five)
This sentence should introduce every paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
These paragraphs support the thesis statement (main idea) of an essay.
This type of essay tells a story.
What is a narrative essay?
Name a transition word that signals to the reader that you are going to the next step in describing a process.
Next, second,or then
This is the first step in the Writing Process.
What are pre-writing, thinking, "brainstorming?"
This statement tells the reader what the entire essay is about.
What is a thesis statement?
How can you indicate to a reader that you are moving to a new paragraph.
What is indenting?
This type of essay provides evidence to persuade to accept the writers argument.
What is an argumentative (persuasive) essay?
These words help move the reader smoothly from one paragraph (or sentence) to the next.
What are transitional words or phrases?
In this step of the Writing Process, you delete sentences, add sentences, or make other significant changes.
What is "revising" or "editing?"
What is background?
An essay can have a minimum of ____paragraphs.
3
These determines the number of body paragraphs in an essay.
What are the number of supporting details (evidence) used to support a thesis statement?
Transitional phrases are not important in a paragraph. True or False
False
This step is when you primarily check your paragraph or essay for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
What is "proofread?"
The final paragraph of your essay should contain this information.
What is "background?"
Words that move the reader smoothly from one paragraph to the next.
What are transition words (likewise, next, etc.) or phrases (on the other hand, for example, etc.)?
These are the final parts of a paragraph or essay.
What are concluding sentence or conclusion paragraph?
These words or phrases help the reader connect ideas in a paragraph or essay.
What are transition words or phrases?
The first time you put the ideas you brainstormed into a paragraph or essay.
What is a draft (or drafting)?