Expository/Informational/Explanatory Vocabulary

The use of a word to suggest a different

association than its literal meaning.

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Transition Word

• Hook

A word or thing's literal or main (dictionary)

definition.

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Transition Word

• Hook

The sentence that states the main idea of

a writing assignment and helps control the

ideas within the paper

• Conclusion

• Hook

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

Refers to a beginning — maybe presenting someone

or something new to a group, or inserting a

new idea into a project

• Hook

• Thesis Statement

• Conclusion

• Introduction

An opening statement (which is usually the

first sentence) in an essay that attempts to grab

the reader's attention so that they want to

read on.

• Introduction

• Hook

• Thesis Statement

• Transition Word

The final paragraph in your writing that

summarizes the entire work.

• Introduction

• Body

• Conclustion

• Thesis Statement

Information you find in the passage that helps support your answer

• Textual Evidience

• Thesis Statement

• Transition Word

• Hook

taken WORD for WORD exactly as it is written

Place quotation marks “…..” around the Topic evidence..

• Thesis Statement

• Transition Word

• Hook

• Citation

The sentence in the paragraph that gives the

reader not only the general topic, but also the

main idea, or what the paragraph is trying to

say about the topic.

• Thesis Statement

• Hook

• Topic Sentence

• Transition Word

An open-ended question that begins with some

type of prompt that is answered in an essay format

• Short Answer response

• Extended Response

• Topic Sentence

• Introduction