February Vocabulary

what someone thinks will happen

• thesis statement

• prediction

• supporting detail

• conclusion

the question or what the passage is asking you to write about

• hook

• thesis statement

• evaluate

• writing prompt

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

• thesis statement

• persuade

• anecdote

• hook

to teach or give information to someone

• persuade

• entertain

• inform

• thesis statement

to hold someone's attention for enjoyment

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• hook

to convince someone of a certain point-of-view

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

• anecdote

sentence in the introduction paragraph that tells the reader the central idea of your essay

• anecdote

• transition

• thesis statement

• hook

words used to guide your multi-paragraph essay in order. Ex.) first, then, next, finally, etc

• hook

• prediction

• thesis statement

• transition words

a piece of writing on a specific topic longer than one paragraph

• multi-paragraph

• stanza

• prediction

• anecdote

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

• conclusion

• multi-paragraph

• thesis statement

• hook