Informative Essay Comprehension Check

What is the purpose of an informative essay?

• to tell a story

• to inform

• to argue

• to narrate

What does it mean to identify?

• to make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.

• to make an idea clear by describing it in more detail.

• to establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

• give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characters, qualities, or events.

What does it mean to explain?

• to make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.

• to make an idea clear by describing it in more detail.

• to establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

• give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characters, qualities, or events.

What does it mean to reveal?

• to make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.

• to make an idea clear by describing it in more detail.

• to establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

• give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characters, qualities, or events.

What does it mean to describe?

• to make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.

• to make an idea clear by describing it in more detail.

• to establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

• give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characters, qualities, or events.

What should be in the introduction paragraph?

• Hook, T.A.G., and evidence

• T.A.G., evidence, and thesis

• Hook, thesis, and evidence

• Hook, T.A.G., and thesis

Should you ever put evidence in the introduction paragraph?

• yes.

• no.

What does T.A.G. stand for?

• Thesis, author, genre

• Title, artist, genre

• Title, author, google

• Title, author, genre

What is a thesis?

• simple sentence which provides insight into the author's personal life

• simple sentence which provides insight into what the essay will talk about (author's claim)

• simple sentence which provides no insight into the topic of the essay

• complex sentence that provides little to insight into the author's claim

What is a hook?

• Opening statement in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention.

• Closing statement of an essay that attempts to leave the reader wondering.

• Opening statement in an essay that claims what the essay is about.

• Closing statement that brings resolution to the essay.