Essay Parts
The Writing Process
Grammar and Style
Punctuation
Documentation
100
Used at the beginning of your essay to gain your reader's interest
What is an attention grabber or "hook"
100
This is the first stage of the writing process
What is pre-writing
100
This problem occurs when two independent clauses are not joined correctly in the same sentence
What is a run-on sentence
100
This punctuation mark indicates a pause in a sentence to avoid misreadings
What is a comma
100
This is the style of documentation used in this course
What is MLA style
200
These words or phrases start a body paragraph in order to bridge ideas
What are transitions
200
The last stage of the writing process
What is rewriting
200
This problem occurs when a subject or verb is missing from a sentence.
What is a fragment
200
This punctuation mark is used around the title of a newspaper article
What is a quotation mark
200
The list of sources attached to your essay
What is the works cited page
300
A good transition to introduce an example
What is for example, for instance, or to illustrate
300
This writing technique involves non-stop writing without pausing to worry about grammar or spelling
What is free-writing
300
This is a solution for choppy sentences
What is combining sentences or adding more sentence variety
300
This punctuation mark introduces a list
What is a colon
300
This part of documentation appears at the end of the sentence in parenthesis
What is an in-text citation
400
Where quotations and paraphrases are inserted.
What are body paragraphs or supporting paragraphs
400
The first step in conducting research
What is posing/asking a question
400
This problem occurs when elements in a list don't match grammatically
What is parallelism
400
This punctuation mark can connect two independent clauses
What is the semi-colon
400
The beginning of the majority of works cited entries
What is the author's name
500
The controlling idea of your essay
What is the thesis statement
500
While writing a paraphrase -- mixing an author's phrases with your own without using quotation marks
What is [mosaic] plagiarism
500
These verbs are preferred because they make the action in the sentence clearer and more direct
What are active verbs
500
This punctuation mark is used to set off information that might otherwise be put in parenthesis
What is a dash
500
This phrase introduces the author or source of a quotation within the sentence
What is a signal phrase
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