Writing Vocab

The_______ is a statement that tells the reader what is happening in the picture.

• Credit

• Caption

• Article

• Headline

A passage or word that connects two topics

• Evidence

• Topic sentence

• Transition

• Hook

A sentence that states the topic of a paragraph.

• Hook

• Topic sentence

• Transition sentence

• Evidence

The first sentence of an introduction

• Claim

• Bridge

• Hook

• Thesis

At lunch, Jeremy couldn't help but (a)   ​ about the cafeteria food, expressing his dissatisfaction with the lack of variety and flavor in the meals.

• gripe

• deranged

• plausible

• stern

Identify the correct definition for Elaborate

• Expressing an idea or thought at greater length or in greater detail.

• A trait that marks a work as imaginative or narrative discourse (e.g., plot, theme, symbol).

• To examine and judge carefully. To judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something; to assess.

• The order of events in a narrative.

The family faced their ordeal with ​ (a)   and courage.

• dignity

• petulance

• stalwart

• collusion

• countenance

Although I was being very ​ (a)   as I crept down the hall to the kitchen to get a midnight snack, I did not anticipate my ​ (b)   to scream when my cat jumped out of a doorway unexpectedly and landed on my head!

• audacity

• stealthy

• vexed

• stimulate

• instinct

The addition of more detail

• Elaboration

• Counterclaim

• Refuting the counterclaim

• Evidence

Hook...

• Part of the introduction paragraph intended to attract the reader’s attention.

• To give a short version of something.

• To add more details to an essay.

• To show proof of a statement.