Elements of Writing

Main Idea is ________.

• the central focus of the story

• individual facts in the story that support your claim

• a short rephrasing of the story

Supporting Details are _________.

• the controlling idea of the story

• individual facts in the story that support your claim

• a short rephrasing of the story

Summary means _________.

• individual facts in the story that support your claim

• to draw conclusions

• a short rephrasing of the story

Inference (Infer) means ________.

• To make an educated guess based on what you have read

• To make a statement based on what you see and know

Drawing Conclusions using evidence and details is also called ______.

• literal information

• inferencing

Making predictions means _________.

• summarizing what happened in the story after reading

• making an educated guess about what will happen in the story before/during reading

The three parts of an essay are __________, ___________, and _________.

• Introduction

• Author's Purpose

• Body Paragraphs

• Conclusion

The thesis statement can be found in the ________________.

• Conclusion

• Body Paragraphs

• Introduction

The thesis statement is sometimes also called ______________.

• topic sentence

• controlling idea

• concluding sentence

Supporting Details can be found in the __________________.

• introduction

• body paragraphs

• conclusion