Parts of an Essay

What is the first paragraph of an essay called?

• Conclusion
• Body Paragraphs
• Introduction
• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What are the middle paragraphs of an essay called?

• Body Paragraphs
• Conclusion
• Introduction
• Topic Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

A typical introduction includes (in order)

• hook, background information, thesis
• hook, background information, topic sentence
• context, hook, thesis
• hook, topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2A

What is NOT an example of a hook?

• A claim
• A question
• An interesting fact
• A quote

What is a claim?

• A sentence in the introduction that states the main idea of the essay.

• A sentence that states what the body paragraph is about and supports one of the points of the thesis statement.

• A sentence that contains evidence from the text.

• A sentence in the conclusion that states the thesis.

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

Which part of an INTRODUCTION paragraph outlines the three main ideas of your essay?

• hook

• topic sentence

• thesis statement

• closing sentence

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2A

Which part of an INTRODUCTION paragraph catches the reader's attention?

• hook

• topic sentence

• thesis statement

• closing sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the last paragraph of an essay called?

• introduction paragraph

• body paragraph

• closing paragraph

• conclusion paragraph

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1E

CCSS.W.8.2F

True or False:

The main ideas of your body paragraphs should match up to the main ideas in your thesis statement.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.2A

CCSS.W.8.4

The writer's position on an issue

• claim

• counterclaim

• rebuttel

• thesis

Tags

CCSS.W.8.1A

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1C

CCSS.RI.8.6