Introduction
A sentence that gets the reader interested in what you have to say.
What is a hook?
A hook that asks the reader something related to the topic.
What is a question hook?
Tells the reader what the paragraph will be about.
What is a topic sentence?
You do this to remind readers about your stance on the topic.
What is restating the thesis?
A sentence that tells the reader what the topic is about.
What is a definition sentence?
A hook that states something directly without using statistics, stories, questions, or quotes.
What is a statement hook?
A sentence at the end of the body paragraph that wraps up what you talked about and introduces the next paragraph.
What is a concluding sentence?
What is a transition sentence?
You do this to remind readers why your thesis is correct.
What is restating the evidence?
The side of the argument that you are taking.
What is a thesis statement?
A hook that cites a source directly and uses ("); eg, The Rolling Stones once said, "you can't always get what you want."
What is a quotation hook.
What are pieces of evidence?
When you remind the readers about the opposing argument.
What is restating the counter-claim?
The argument that the other side is making.
What is a counter-claim/counter-argument?
A hook that uses polling data, surveys, studies, or experiments to show numerical data (eg, 30% of students, 3 out of 10 students) related to the topic.
What is a statistical hook?
Needed to provide context and connect your evidence to your topic sentence.
What is an explanation of evidence?
Three of these are used to prove your stance on the topic.
What are three main points/reasons?
What are body paragraphs?
What are topic sentences?
A hook that tells a story related to the topic.
What is an anecdotal hook?
You need to do this to show why the counter-claim evidence is wrong.
What is explaining the counter-claim evidence?
When you tell readers what should happen next, or what you think others (and yourself) should do.
What is an action statement?