English Quiz 5 Terms
Interrogative introduction
Beginning with a question
The hypothesis testing model
Begins with the assumption that writers may have good reasons for supporting their arguments but that there are also a number of reasons explain why something is or is not the case
Paradoxical introduction
Capturing readers attention with something unexpected
Developing paragraphs
Create topic sentence, create unity in paragraphs, and use critical strategies to develop your paragraph
Narrative introduction
Introducing the topic with a story
Inverted triangle introduction
Moving from a general topic to a specific thesis
Filling the gap model
Points to what other writers may have overlooked or ignored
The correcting misinterpretations model
Used to correct writers whose arguments have misconstrued one or more important aspects of an issue
Working thesis
Your first attempt at an assertion of your position
Minding the gap introduction
Identifying a gap in knowledge
Thesis
An assertion that academic writers make at the beginning of what they write and then support with evidence throughout their essay
Modifying what others have said model
Assumes that natural understanding is possible
Context
Establish that the issue was current and relevant briefly summarize explain what you see is the problem and state your thesis
Topic sentence
States the main point of a paragraph