The Writing Process
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Fragment, Run-on, or Correct
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Fix the verbs
100
During this process you generate ideas by having spontaneous group discussion. You should do this after you choose a topic. This is called ___ .
brainstorming
100
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb is called a ___ .
a clause
100
Yesterday it rained.
correct
100
This type of clause is also called a complete sentence.
independent clause
100
The little girl go to the movies every day.
goes
200
Before you hand in your final draft, it is important that you read it over and do a final check for any mistakes. This is called _____.
proofreading
200
When you do this, you tell the author's main points in your own words. You focus only on the most important points and do not include any details.
summarize
200
I went to the movies with my brother we saw Star Trek.
run-on
200
A good introduction should start with one of these. This will grab your reader's attention so that he wants to keep reading.
a hook
200
While he was driving to work, he see an accident.
While he was driving to work, he saw an accident.
300
When you write this type of essay, you tell a story or illustrate something that the author has learned.
narrative
300
When you take someone else's words or ideas and pass them off as your own, this is called ____.
plagiarizing or plagiarism
300
I couldn't go out. Because I had to clean up the house.
fragment
300
When you read for gist, you quickly read a text to understand the general main idea. This is also known as ___ .
skimming
300
I am living in New York since 2012.
I have lived in New York since 2012.
400
This type of sentence provides an overview of what the rest of the paragraph will be about. Each paragraph should start with one of these.
a topic sentence
400
This type of clause does not express a complete idea.
a dependent clause
400
After it rained. I saw a rainbow.
fragment
400
When you tell exactly what the author said in your own words without changing the meaning, you are ____.
paraphrasing
400
I was leaving the house when the telephone rings.
I was leaving the house when the telephone rang.
500
There are two ways to write a comparison essay. If you are comparing items A and B, then you can write all about item A in the first body paragraph, and all about item B in the second body paragraph, and finally you compare them in the next paragraph. This is known as the ___ method.
the block method
500
English is known as being a very direct language, whereas Asian languages tend to circle around a point. This is because different cultures have different ____ styles.
rhetorical
500
The rain soon stopped, the children came out to play.
run-on
500
Words such as and, or, but are used to join two independent clauses. We call these words ____.
conjunctions
500
By the time I got to the party, they already leave.
By the time I got to the party, they had already left.
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