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