(n.) passing off or using as one's own the writing (or other materials) of another person
What is plagiarism?
a literary work that models writing craft for a writer
What is a mentor text?
A paper/project presents the results of investigation on a selected topic
What is a research paper?
connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since, before, unless, however
What is a subordinating conjunction?
The perspective from which a story is told (who is telling the story and from where?)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
What is ellipsis?
Combine to form a more complex product
What is synthesize?
A database object that presents information in a format that is easy to read and print.
What is a report?
(adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand
What is relevant?
a punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.
What is a semicolon?
the relative speed or slowness with which a story is told or an idea is presented
What is pacing?
Quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position
What is textual evidence?
(v.) to establish the truth or accuracy of, confirm
What is verify?
Descriptive language that attempts to invoke one or more of the five senses.
What is sensory language?
give a brief statement of the main points of (something).
What is summarize?
a word or phrase that links different ideas
What is transition?
The way someone sees something
What is viewpoint?
repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
(adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic
a line the width of a capital M in whichever font is being used; is used to indicate a break in thought
What is an em dash?
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
Well-founded on evidence and corresponds accurately to the real world.
What is valid?