Beginning an essay

During the FSA, you will be asked to write an essay. We don't know which essay yet but it will either be...

• informative or argumentative

• informative or narrative

• narrative or expository

• argumentative or narrative

For all essays, what two things do you think about first?

• Your purpose and audience

• The rough draft

• The title

• The entire introduction

If you get an argumentative essay, what is your purpose?

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

If you get an informative essay, what is your purpose?

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

What does persuade mean?

• to get someone to think what you think

• to give information

• to write for fun

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

After you think about your purpose and audience, what do you write?

• The claim or thesis

• the title

• the entire introduction

• the entire draft

Why are claims/theses important?

• They are the foundation of the essay.

• They are the title of the essay.

• They are the conclusions.

Idea development is important because you need a main idea. What is the academic name for a main idea in an argumentative essay?

• claim

• thesis

Idea development is important because you need a main idea. What is the academic name for a main idea in an informative essay?

• claim

• thesis

Both a claim and a thesis are main ideas of an essay. What's the difference between the two?

• claims have an opinion with facts; a thesis just has facts

• claims are for informative essays; theses are for argumentative essays