Midterm Study

What is the last sentence of your conclusion?

A thesis

What is the the first sentence of a paragraph?

A topic sentence

What is helpful in planning your essay before starting to write?

Brainstorming and creating an outline

A topic sentence

Expresses the main idea of a paragraph

A dominant impression is the way the author wants the audience to

Feel when reading his/her work

Some transition words you might use in an exemplification essay are:

First, For example, In addition, Another example, Finally

A topic sentence helps organize the paragraph by

Summarizing information in the paragraph

The thesis statement is like a road map that will

Tell the reader where you are going with the information

What is first sentence or two of an essay that helps grab the readers attention?

The "hook"

In a classification essay

a writer organizes or sorts things into categories

Descriptive writing depends on detail. You want to paint a picture with words that

accomplish your PURPOSE for your audience

Words like argue, persuade, and evaluate suggest that your purpose will be

argumentative

APA style format was created in 1929 in order to form a standard way for researchers in the science fields to:

document their sources

Verbs like inform, explain, analyze, discuss and show suggest that your purpose of writing will be

expository

Descriptive essays generally follows one of the two strategies

objective description or subjective description

A great descriptive-writing piece will include

the use of the senses; sound, smell, touch, sight, hearing

Exemplification writing

uses specific, vivid examples to explain a general idea