Informative Essay Structure

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Correct format for an Informative Essay:

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ACTS, TEA, TEA, TEA, STAC

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Controlling ideas in an informative essay?

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3

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Attention grabber methods for essays:

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Beginning with a question.

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TEA paragraph starts with:

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A transition word + one controlling idea.

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Purpose of STAC paragraph?

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Wrap up your essay and summarize everything discussed.

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At the end of the essay, what to do?

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Leave the reader with something to think about by adding a clincher.

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True or False: The example uses correct MLA citation: "More than 5,000 teachers responded to a recent poll..." (Billinsky 6).

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True because the source was mentioned at the beginning along with the writer and the line at the end.

Answer explanation

The citation can be done one of two ways:

1st by stating the source at the beginning, followed by the quote with quotation marks, and ending with the author and line from the source in parenthesis then a period.

2nd by stating the title of the article, followed by the quote in quotation marks, and ending it with the line number from the source in parenthesis then a period.