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| argumentative writing | a type of writing that takes a position on a topic in a logical or persuasive way |
| informative or explanatory writing | Writing explains, informs, and gives details about a topic |
| central idea | the most important or main idea and is usually one word or a phrase |
| thesis | 1-2 sentences that answers a prompt or question; the main idea of an essay. |
| claim | usually the first sentence of a body paragraph; it proves the thesis |
| evidence | facts, examples, statistics, expert opinions, and anecdotes which help to prove the claim |
| quote | the exact words of an author that is used as evidence in an essay; you put " " around those words or sentence |
| analysis | the sentence(s) that come after the evidence that explain the evidence and connect to the thesis. Use "this shows" after the evidence. |
