Essay Vocabulary

Restating your claim and summarizing your argument, and then making a recommendation is called a...

• thesis

• counterclaim

• conclusion

When you use someone else's words in your own writing and you don't give that author credit is called... 

• copying

• plagiarism

• no big deal

• inspirational

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

Reason the counterclaim is not as strong as the claim  is called...

• refutal

• rebuttal

• refusal

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

The last paragraph of an essay is called

• introductory paragraph

• subtopic

• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

The first paragraph of an essay is called

• introductory paragraph

• subtopic

• conclusion

What part of an essay restates the thesis statement?

• introductory paragraph

• body

• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

What part of an essay provides an outline for the rest of your essay?

• introductory paragraph

• body

• conclusion

Thesis/Controlling Idea (for an explanatory essay)

• A statement that includes the topic of the essay and the subtopics to support it

• Details that include reasons, facts, and steps all connected to the main idea

• A statement that is made with a purpose to influence or change people's minds

• A statement that shares the opinion of the author

Another name for an Explanatory Essay

• Informational Essay

• Narrative Essay

• Opinion Essay

• Argumentative Essay

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Logical progression of ideas from beginning to end

• Ideas that are sequenced correctly

• A large number of ideas

• Ideas that connect to lots of parts of the essay

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D