Informational Writing Vocab

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What type of writing will we focus on this semester?

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Informational

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Audience

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Group of people you are writing an essay for.

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What is an introduction in an essay?

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Stating the topic of your essay to the audience.

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Hook

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Part of the introduction paragraph intended to attract the reader’s attention.

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Thesis

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States the main ideas of the essay that the writer will discuss.

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Transition

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A word or group of words that relate a topic or idea that came before to what comes next.

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Evidence

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To show proof of a statement.

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Elaborate...

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To add more details to support the evidence in your essay.

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Analysis

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Process of breaking down text information into parts to learn what they do and how they relate to your evidence.

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Summarize

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To give a short version (in your own words) of text information that is gathered.