What is the min. word count for the body of the paper?
100
This paper should be written in this type of tone and diction
What is academic?
100
This paragraph lays the roadmap for the entire paper (argument)
What is the introduction?
100
Type of argument being made in this paper
What is argument for a change?
200
This document comes at the end of your paper and only lists the sources directly used in your paper
What is works cited page?
200
October 31st
What is when is the rough draft due?
200
Don't won't can't shouldn't
What are contractions?
200
This paragraph contains no new data
What is the conclusion?
200
This clearly states your position
What is the thesis statement?
300
When you restate the material in your own words
What is paraphrasing?
300
November 14th
What is when is the final draft due?
300
Congressman, fireman, policeman
What is sexist language?
(Representative, firefighter, police officer)
300
These help move from one paragraph to the next
What are transition words/phrases?
300
Providing this throughout helps support your position
What is evidence (sources)?
400
This states the main ideas without the details and is brief
What is a summary?
400
10% of this paper can be this
What are direct quotations?
400
Really...very
What are empty words?
Instead choose a more specific word
400
The first sentence of a paragraph
What is the topic sentence?
400
Solidifying your position by addressing another's
What are counter arguments?
500
These words or phrases help introduce the source into your paper
What is a signal word/phrase?
500
The type of paper being written
What is research and/or argument paper?
500
There is, it is
What are noun verb pairings that lead to a weak sentence?
Change: It is necessary for Americans today to learn to speak more than one language.
To: Americans today must learn to speak more than one language.
500
When you change these you start a new paragraph
What are place, action, theme (PAT)?
500
Might be the most overlooked portion of an argument but it helps create the author's ethos (authority) on the subject