Editing
To change and improve the piece
revise
Information used to prove reasons in an argument
evidence
The body of the essay
3 or more middle paragraphs of essay
Used to show beginning of sentence, proper nouns, days, months, and titles.
What is a Capital Letter?
What needs to be changed in this sentence:
Martin couldn't weight for the end of school.
What is change "weight" to "wait"?
A word or phrase that connects ideas, details, or paragraphs
transition
Evidence from the author's life or prior knowledge
personal experience?
The final paragraph that restates the reasons and wraps up the essay
conclusion
Used to show ownership or to create a contraction.
What are apostrophes?
How would you combine this sentence?
The boys traveled to their grandparents' house and the boys traveled back home again.
What is
The boys traveled to their grandparents' house and back home again.
Facts, details, and appeals used to support an argument or interpretation.
evidence
The quality of adding personality of the author to the writing
voice
Included in the introduction, it states the issue that has two sides to it.
What is the argument?
Used to set off an appositive.
What are commas?
How would you combine these sentences?
Mother cooked breakfast and washed the dishes. Then mother reorganized the dishes and put the dishes in her new cabinets.
What is a comma after introductory clause and phrase?
After Mother cooked breakfast and washed the dishes, she reorganized them and put them in her new cabinets.
The final sentence in a paragraph or final paragraph in a piece of writing
concluding sentence
conclusion
The opening of an essay that grabs and holds the reader's attention
hook
Used to set off the title of an article
quotation marks
Used to separate numbers in dates, lists, sentence clauses, and appositives.
What are commas?
Fix this sentence:
Bella always finishes her homework before rehearsal, because she worked hard.
What is
Bella always finishes her homework before rehearsal, because she works hard.
Bella always finished her homework before rehearsal, because she worked hard.
The thesis of a persuasive argument, in which the author expresses a position, or takes a side
opinion
The way you give credit to the source of information used in the paragraphs
cite or citation
The person who wrote the articles being quoted.
Who is the author?
Punctuation placed around direct quotations from an text, or a person's exact words
What are Quotation Marks?
Fix the sentence:
Scottie cuddled with the German black and tan adorable tiny shepherd puppy.
What is
Scottie cuddled with the adorable tiny black and tan German shepherd puppy.