Restating the meaning of something in different words
What is paraphrase?
The study skill of outlining or summarizing the ideas of a lecture
What is notetaking?
To prepare a preliminary version of a document
What is rough draft?
Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
What is Explicit meaning?
Written/spoken explanations or interpretations that further develop an idea
What is commentary?
A general plan and/or tool used to organize written ideas about a topic into logical order
What is a outline?
The usage of effective and precise language that conveys information
What is word choice?
An opening statement in an essay that attempts to grab the reader’s attention
What is a hook?
The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
What is Literary analysis?
A form of inference in which the reader gathers and analyzes details
What is prediction?
The first stage of writing, in which you gather ideas and information and plan how to organize them
What is pre-writing?
The sentences that show the relationship between two or more ideas
What are transition sentences?
A version of something that needs a lot of editing and rewriting
What is a rough draft?
The words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage
What is context?
A form of inference in which the reader gathers information
What is drawing conclusions?
A prewriting technique designed to bring subconscious ideas into consciousness
What is brainstorming/brainstorm?
A sentence with information that supports a main idea or claim
What is supporting sentence?
To re-examine and make alterations to written or printed matter
What is revise/revision?
Content that is chosen by the student
What is Self-selected text?
A logical guess made by connecting bits of information
What is inference?
The reason an author writes about a particular topic
What is Author's Purpose?
Marking a text with notes and/or comments is defined as
What is annotating/annotation?
The first paragraph of your essay
What is the introduction/introductory paragraph?
The main subject of discussion in the literary work
What is topic?
Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message
What is/are key ideas?