Informational Writing Vocab

Warm Up Question: What type of writing will we focus on this semester? 

• Argumentative
• Informational 
• None
• Fake 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Audience...

• A line or short section taken from a piece of writing or a speech.
• Part of the introduction paragraph intended to attract the reader’s attention.
• Group of people you are writing an essay for.
• Putting things in order.

Tags

CCSS.SL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Introduction...

• Stating the topic of your essay to the audience.
• Group of people you are writing an essay for.
• An introduction of the final comments at the end of a piece of writing.
• To give a short version of something.

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2A

Hook...

• Part of the introduction paragraph intended to attract the reader’s attention.
• To give a short version of something.
• To add more details to an essay.
• To show proof of a statement.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Thesis...

• A line or short section taken from a piece of writing or a speech.
• States the main ideas of the essay that the writer will discuss.
• To add more details to an essay.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Transition...

• An educated guess made through observation.
• A word or group of words that relate a topic or idea that came before to what comes next.
• To add more details to an essay.
• Stating the topic of your essay to the audience.

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1C

CCSS.W.9-10.2C

Evidence...

• To give a short version of something.
• To show proof of a statement.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.
• Group of people you are writing an essay for.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Elaborate...

• An educated guess made through observation.
• This is NOT the answer.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.
• To add more details to support the evidence in your essay.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Analysis...

• An educated guess made through observation.
• Process of breaking down text information into parts to learn what they do and how they relate to your evidence.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.
• To add more details to an essay.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Summarize...

• To give a short version (in your own words) of text information that is gathered.
• The act of putting things into a logical order.
• An educated guess made through observation.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2