Across
- 2. Use words someone else has said to get a reader’s attention
- 4. Attention-grabbing strategy that engages the reader at the beginning of the essay
- 7. The first paragraph of the essay
- 9. Writing designed to inform, explain, and/or analyze a topic
- 10. The sentence that expresses the central idea of the essay
- 14. To say again, but using slightly different words
- 16. A brief story that helps the reader picture something in their mind
- 17. The last paragraph should _____ the overall points from the essay.
- 20. Words, phrases, or sentences that show the relationship between paragraphs
Down
- 1. Gives the reader a sense that the essay is over
- 3. A “_____” statement leaves the reader with something to think about at the end of an essay.
- 5. A _____ question is one that is designed to make the reader think
- 6. Shifts the focus of the writing from the hook to the central idea of the essay
- 8. Writing designed to make the reader to agree with what the author is saying
- 11. Sentence at the beginning of the paragraph that tells what it’s about
- 12. An essay about real people, places and events, but written as if it were a story
- 13. Most essays will be about _____ paragraphs in length.
- 15. details Facts, reasons, or example that relate to the paragraphs main idea
- 18. Each of these paragraphs represents one point you are making in your essay
- 19. A short nonfiction piece of writing on a specific topic