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Study these words 1. Review these words so you understand what they are when you read and hear them throughout this and other lessons. 2. Take a quick vocabulary quiz to test your knowledge.

	Thesis -Complete sentence -Answers the question prompt -Your whole essay will explain and defend this sentence. -It is an opinion, not fact. -Goes at the end of the first paragraph (introduction.) Image from Pixabay.com user ijmaki
	Topic -what the essay is about in one or two words.     Image from photopin.com
	Expository/informative essay -Explains -The thesis answers the question with an explanation. The essay explains how the thesis is true. Image from Pixabay.com user Peggy_Marco.
	Argumentative essay A type of writing in the thesis picks a side in an argument.       Image from Pixabay.com user ijmaki
	Central idea -what the writer is saying about the topic. Example: "7th grade students are crazy." The topic is 7th grade students. The central idea is that they are crazy.   Image from blogger Umairah Bt.Puniran.
	Topic Sentence What the paragraph is about in one or two words.         Image from slideshare.net user Chakafluk
	Main idea -The idea of the paragraph.  -Every body paragraph should have one. -It goes in the topic sentence (1st sentence) of a paragraph. -Can be reasons why or explanations of how. Image from Pixabay.com user Abdecoral with text overlay added by Lindsey Phillips
	Background information/preview general information a reader might need to know about a topic so that they can understand the rest of the essay. Answers the questions:  -who cares or is involved in this topic.  -why it's important -what is interesting about the topic. Image from Pixabay.com user ijmaki
	Introduction -The first paragraph of an essay. -has background information about the topic. -has a thesis.   Image from Flickr.com user thetaxhaven
	Body paragraph -the middle paragraphs of an essay. -They have the main ideas of the essay in the topic sentences.       Image from photpin.com
	Conclusion paragraph -The last paragraph of an essay. -Summarizes thesis and main ideas. -Offers a solution, prediction, or interesting final thought. Image created by Lindsey Phillips

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