ELAR Academic Language

Words that connect ideas in writing, helping the reader understand the relationship between ideas.

Providing evidence, examples, facts, statistics, or anecdotes to reinforce the main point or argument of an essay.

techniques like word choice, imagery, figurative language, sensory details, and sentence structure to evoke emotions

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Taking multiple short sentences and merging them into a single, more complex sentence to improve flow and clarity

Information from a text that supports an argument, opinion, or idea.

Arranges information according to how two or more things are similar to or different from one another (or both).

The reason for writing a piece and the intended reaction for the reader.

A brief version of a longer text that conveys the main points, using relevant information without a lot of details.

The main idea or topic of a paragraph or composition that guides the ideas in writing.

Asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer