All About Essays

This essay uses vivid imagery to explain a topic.

• Descriptive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Persuasive

This essay is usually written in the first person "I" to bring the reader in.

• Descriptive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Persuasive

This essay is also called argumentative writing.

• Descriptive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Persuasive

This is an umbrella term for informational writing.

• Descriptive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Persuasive

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the first sentence of an essay?

• Hook

• Topic Sentence

• Thesis

• Main Idea

Which is one of the two best types of hooks?

• Describe a setting

• Onomatopoeia

• Quote

• Question

True or False: You start your essay by immediately answering the prompt so your reader knows what you are writing about.

• True

• False

The thesis statement is the ________ sentence of the introduction.

• First

• Second

• Last

• None of the above

What are the three parts of the introduction paragraph in order?

• Hook, Fluff, Thesis

• Thesis, Hook, Fluff

• Fluff, Thesis, Hook

• Hook, Thesis, Fluff

How many paragraphs are in a STAAR essay?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 1