Parts of the Process
Gathering ideas
Brainstorming
The structure of a paper or essay
Format
An error in which two independent clauses are linked with the incorrect punctuation
Comma splices
Brainstorming, freewriting, listing, clustering, and outlining are all examples of these strategies
Heuristics
Am I clear?
Coherence
A phrase for the entire writing cycle
Composing process
The way a paper is put together
Organization
The conventions governing the technical aspects of writing
Mechanics
The reader
Audience
To come up with
Invention
The completed paper
Final draft
The perspective of the paper (first, third, etc)
Point of View
Grammatical rule: same number, person, gender
Subject-verb agreement
To make more important
Emphasis
Guidelines for a specific writing assignment
Rubric
The initial iteration of a paper or essay
First draft
The part of the introduction that prepares the reader for the argument of the rest of the paper
Thesis
Links two independent clauses
An aspect of writing style that affects the reader's emotional response to a text
Tone
The full name of the Writing Center
Helen N. Wallace Writing Center
To go back and look it over
Revision
The introduction of each paragraph
Topic Sentence
Can't, Won't, Don't
Contraction
Typically academic, this is the writing style characterized by third-person POV, varied syntax, concise diction, and more
Voice
Writing Center Director
Dr. Mark Rideout