Writing Academic Langauge

What is a topic sentence?

• The first sentence in a body paragraph that sums up what the paragraph will be about

• The last sentence in the introduction that explains the controlling idea

• A question or sentence that makes the reader interested in reading

• A collection of paragraphs making a claim or argument

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is a thesis statement?

• a real life example of your argument

• the last sentence in the introduction; a controlling idea that the entire essay is arguing about

• the first sentence in the introduction; a question or sentence that makes the reader interested

• the first sentence in the body paragraph that sums up the argument of that paragraph

What is an introduction?

• the last paragraph that gives a call to action

• the middle paragraphs that argue your controlling idea with supports and examples

• the entire essay

• the first paragraph that sets up the essay

What is a Body Paragraph?

• the middle paragraphs that argue the thesis by giving details and examples

• the last paragraph that makes a call to action and gives a reason for reading

• the first paragraph that introduces the controlling idea

• an entire essay

What is a conclusion?

• an entire essay

• the middle paragraphs that argue your thesis by giving supports and examples

• the first paragraph that introduces the controlling idea

• the last paragraph that makes a call to action and gives a reason for reading

What are support sentences?

• reasons and arguments that support the thesis

• examples or proof

• the last sentence in the introduction that gives a controlling idea

• the first sentence in the body paragraph that explains what the paragraph will be about

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What are example sentences?

• sentences in the body paragraphs that show specific examples of your argument

• supporting arguments that explain your reasoning

• the question or sentence that gets a reader interested

• the controlling idea

What's another term for a controlling idea?

• topic sentence

• support sentence

• example sentence

• thesis statement

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is a hook?

• the controlling idea or thesis

• a question or statement that gets the reader interested

• a sentence that explains what the body paragraph will be about

• an essay

What is an essay?

• one paragraph that argues an idea

• an introduction

• three or more paragraphs that argue a thesis

• a conclusion