Writing Process
Creating an __________ before you start working on a draft of an essay (like the informative report) can help you organize your ideas.
What is an outline?
In the exploratory essay, you cited tier __________ and tier ____________ sources.
What is three and four?
This type of clause is a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
Book titles should be in ____________.
What is italics?
This is what the A stands for in the TEAR model of paragraph development.
What is analysis?
When writing an introduction, it's important to begin with this in order to engage your reader.
What is a hook?
Alice Walker's "Am I Blue?" is an example of this type of essay.
What is exploratory?
This type of clause is what you have written if you have a sentence fragment.
What is dependent?
Both ___________ citations and a _________ _________ are needed to avoid plagiarism.
What are in-text citations and a works cited page?
This is a good number of words to limit yourself to when using direct quotations.
What is ten?
Circling back to a something you mentioned in the introduction of the essay is a good strategy to use in this type of paragraph.
What is a conclusion?
This is a broad term for a type of creative writing in which you write about yourself, as you did in the memoir. It's also the title of a chapter in your textbook.
What is a personal narrative?
This is what you have if you use a comma when a stronger punctuation mark is needed.
What is a comma splice?
Use this phrase to cite an indirect source (i.e., a source cited by another source) in a parenthetical citation.
What is "qtd. in"?
Ending a paragraph with a quotation isn't a good idea because it usually means you are lacking this type of statement.
What is a transition?
This is essential to do when using sources from the internet in an essay in order to make sure the information is reliable.
What is evaluate your sources?
Although it may be tempting to include statements that incorporate this when writing an informative research report, you shouldn't.
What is your opinion?
In order to avoid a ____________ modifier, you should always place a modifier close to the word it modifies.
What is misplaced?
In a works cited page, MLA recommends using a __________ ___________ for all lines after the first because it helps the reader see where an entry begins.
What is a hanging indent?
What is an abstract?
After completing a writing project (or a writing course), it is a good idea to ____________ on your work.
What is reflect?
One way to structure a thesis statement for an informative report is to think of it like a teeter totter, where you move from common knowledge to a __________.
What is a new idea?
These are three strategies you can use to fix a comma splice.
What is add a coordinating conjunction, end the sentence with a period, or use a semicolon?
This piece of information is used at the end of a works cited citation from a website to help show when the writer consulted the source.
What is date of access?
When citing multiple sources in an informative report, you should ___________ the information in order to put the ideas in conversation with each other.
What is synthesize?