Informative Text - Body Paragraphs

An informative essay gives the reader ____________ about a topic.

• an argument

• an opinion

• a dialogue

• information

• a story

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.2D

Informative essays should have at least three _______________. These make up the middle of your essay and develop a point you want to make that support your thesis.

• body paragraphs

• topics

• thesis statements

• conclusions

• points of view

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2B

CCSS.W.6.4

Begin each body paragraph with a _________________, or a word or phrase that links different ideas.

• transition

• citation

• quotation

• dialogue

• topic

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CCSS.W.6.1C

CCSS.W.6.2C

Choose the best transition for a second body paragraph.

• First of all,

• To begin,

• Secondly,

• Finally,

• In conclusion,

The topic sentences of your paragraphs should match your

• Thesis statement

• hook

• Background information

The first sentence of each body paragraph is called the_____

• Beginning sentence

• Topic Sentence

• Supporting details

Your topic sentence of your body paragraph...

• Gives me the topic of the essay

• Summarizes the main idea of that specific body paragraph.

The last sentence of your body paragraph is the...

• Main sentence

• Topic sentence

• Conclusion

• Transition sentence

After the topic sentence comes the...

• Thesis statement

• Transition sentence

• Supporting detail