Informational Writing Vocabulary

Gets the reader interested in your writing.

• detail sentence

• transition

• hook

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Subject of the writing in a word or two.

• hook

• topic

• cite

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Moves the reader from one paragraph/idea to the next.

• transition

• reasons

• thesis

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Using someone else's work in my writing without credit.

• transition

• topic

• plagiarism

List a source of information used in my writing.

• hook

• cite

• topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Gives more information about a topic or reason.

• detail sentence

• closing sentence

• topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A sentence that states the main/central idea of a piece of writing.

• reasons

• thesis

• topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

First sentence in a paragraph that tells what it is about.

• detail sentence

• topic sentence

• closing sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Points that help the writer explain the main idea of a paper.

• hook

• domain-specific vocabulary

• reasons

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Wraps up a paragraph or piece of writing.

• closing sentence

• detail sentence

• topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2