Essays.

Introductory paragraph.

Hook.

Reader´s attention.

Introduces the topic.

Building Sentences.

Towards thesis statement.

General to specific.

Thesis Statement.

Purpose of the essay.

Writers opinion.

Ideas that support it.

Ideas in same order as they appear.

Open-ended question.

Supporting paragraphs.

Topic sentence.

Topic of the paragraph.

Controlling idea.

Supporting sentence.

Develops topic sentence.

Support of controlling idea.

Logical thoughts.

Evidence.

Explanations.

Concluding sentence.

Concluding thought.

Transition to next paragraph.

Points or reasons supporting the thesis.

Conclusion.

Restated thesis.

Restated with words different from those in introduction.

Summary of main ideas.

Main ideas from each body paragraph.

Summarized as reminder.

Final thought.

Final thought of the topic.

Stron impression for reader to think further.

No new ideas.

Composition.

3-5 sentences.

Persuasive and effective.

Not so long.

Boring at fist sight.

Indicates pauses.

Emphasis.

Convey precise meaning.

Confusing meaning if done wrong.

Signs.

Period.

I was about to give it back.

Comma.

Just do it already, we have to go.

Exclamation.

Don’t pick up that!

Point.

Ann is an excellent teacher.

Question mark.

Is this your assignment?

Colon.

For example, football, basketball, tenis, and baseball.

Semicolon.

Felix likes to bake; Peter doesn't.

Bullet point.

•Do homework •Do the dishes •Make dinner

Dash.

The man—he was from Australia.

Hyphen.

The adopted the wolf-looking dog

Parenthesis.

He finally answered (after five hours)

Bracket.

She [Mina] is a great friend of us

Brace.

We also have odd numbers {1, 3, 5, 7, 9….}

Ellipsis-

After school I went to her house, which was a few blocks away, and then came home.

Quotation mark.

“How are you?”, she asked me.

Apostrophe.

These are Peter’s books.

Sequences.

Chris didn't study, however he aproved the exam

Time.

Yesterday I went shopping with my girlfriend

Examples.

Hannah likes dresses, specifically black dresses

Divide an idea.

Finally, he went home without saying a word

Compare.

Steve is more serious than Ben

Contrast.

Terry is kind of cold-hearted, while Daniel is more sentimental

Introduce ideas.

Also, students may feel pressure as well because of school

Exception.

All girls were wearing dresses, however Olivia was wearing a suit

Give an example.

I like other type of coffee, for example frapuccino moka

Conclude.

In a few words, there is nothing wrong with men painting their nails.

Give a reason.

The ground was wet since it rained last night

Show results.

He didn't brought water, therefore he was thirsty

Appear at the start of a new sentence or clause (followed by a comma) -express how this clause relates to the previous one-.

For example

I predict the final of the movie, it wasn’t original.

I predict the final of the movie because it wasn’t original.

Convey information.

Signals the start of a new sentence.

Ex. I think we should do the dishes now.

Uniqueness.

We don't capitalize the word "bridge" unless it starts a sentence.

I went to the bridge to take some photos.

We must capitalize Brooklyn Bridge because it is the name of a specific bridge.

I went to the Brooklyn Bridge to take some photos.