Informative Essay

A paragraph "hook" is

•  a technique for making a paragraph longer by adding lots of unnecessary details.
•  a technique to use ideas from the concluding sentence of the previous paragraph in your topic sentence.
• a technique for making readers laugh by having a long and involved topic sentence.
• a technique to use ideas from the topic sentence in one paragraph in the concluding sentence of another.

Body paragraphs are

• usually with topic sentences at the end.
• usually in chronological order.
• usually about the same length
•  usually longer towards the end of the essay.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

A body paragraph should always be

•  well developed, with adequate examples.
• only three or four sentences.
• ten or more sentences.
• five to seven sentences.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

The introduction paragraph

• should contain many details and examples.
• should be longer than the body paragraphs.
• should always contain a question.
• should be shorter than the body paragraphs

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Good topic sentences

• contain only ten or fewer words.
• contain clear controlling ideas.
• contain lots of good examples.
• contain very specific details.

An essay title

• is not necessary for a test essay.
• should contain a minimum of twelve words.
• should have a capital on only the first word.
•  should have a capital on all important words.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

The topic sentence for an essay is called:

• a theory.
• a theses.
•  a theme.
• a thesis

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The most important sentence in any essay is

• the first topic sentence in body paragraph one.
•  the first sentence of the introduction.
• the thesis sentence in the introduction.
• the final sentence of the conclusion.

The concluding paragraph

• should begin with a restated thesis.
• should always end with the restated thesis.
• should be your longest paragraph.
• should restate all your main ideas again.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

All essays

• have multiple paragraphs.
• have the same number of paragraphs
• have five paragraphs.
• have four paragraphs.