Evaluating the different views of an argument

A statement that gives credit to the opposing view

A catchy introduction sentence to start an essay

The last sentence of the introduction paragraph that contains the writer's major points for the piece of writing

Giving credit to the source of evidence (EX: author and page #)

Evidence using the author's exact words from the text to support a topic sentence

Evidence from the text put into the reader's own words to support a topic sentence

Elaborating or telling more about your evidence/supporting details

A statement that introduces the focus of a paragraph

A word, phrase, or sentence that helps move the writing from one topic to another

12 point font/Times New Roman/Double Space/No Contractions/Third Person

The first paragraph of a piece of writing

The middle paragraph(s) of a piece of writing

The final paragraph of a piece of writing

"Let me tell you", "Thank you for reading my essay", "Now that you have read this essay", "The End"