Informational Writing Terms

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A sentence that grabs the reader's attention

• introduction

• hook

• thesis

• text evidence

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The sentence(s) that tells what the entire essay is about.

• text evidence

• topic sentences

• thesis statement

• hook

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Sentences that close and summarizes the paragraph.

• introduction

• thesis statement

• hook

• closing sentences

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Sentences that support the thesis.

• topic sentences

• closing sentences

• supporting details

• text evidence

The Rose is the national flower of the US.  Each state has a flower too.  You have just read a story about Mississippi's state flower.  You are to write an essay giving facts and supportive details about Mississippi's flower. What is the flowers name?  How was it chosen? What does it look like?  

• Informative Writing

• Opinion Writing

• Narrative Writing

If you are asked to write an informative essay, what do you do?

• Take a stance and support it with evidence

• Write a story about the topic using E123CFR

• Write a paragraph about your opinion on the topic

• Write a detailed report about the topic without your opinion

The first paragraph in an essay that contains a hook, details, and the thesis statement is called...

• body

• conclusion

• introduction

• beginning

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Evidence that supports each topic sentence.

• thesis statement

• hook

• text evidence

• supporting details

The ________ summarizes the entire essay and restates the thesis statement

Text evidence is...

• evidence that supports each topic sentence

• facts and quotes that support what the writer is saying

• sentences that tell what the entire essay is about

• sentences that support the thesis