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100
Incomplete sentence that results when a subject or a verb is missing
What is a fragment
100
Purpose, tone, and audience
What are the three elements which shape the content of each paragraph?
100
A prewriting strategy similar to list making.
What is brainstorming?
100
A sentence that presents the controlling idea of an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
100
Main structural component of an essay
What is a paragraph?
200
A sentence made up of two or more independent clauses that have been incorrectly combined.
What is a run-on sentence.
200
The attitude the writer conveys about the paragraph’s subject.
What is tone?
200
Topic outline and sentence outline
What are two types of formal outlining?
200
Specificity, precision, ability to be argued, ability to be demonstrated, forcefulness, and confidence.
What are the qualities of a strong thesis statement?
200
The process in which a writer allows a peer to read and evaluate a draft
What is a peer review?
300
A verb form that identifies the time of action described in a sentence.
What is verb tense?
300
Words and phrases that show how the ideas in sentences and paragraphs are related.
What is transition?
300
An essay that analyzes two subjects by either comparing them, contrasting them, or both.
What is a compare and contrast essay?
300
Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier, 12-point size
What are the fonts that can be used for APA formatting?
300
All sources cited in the body of a paper must appear at the end of the paper on a separate page.
What is the reference page?
400
A word that substitutes for a noun; for example, I, you, he, she, it, we, or they.
What is a pronoun?
400
Provides an accurate indication of what will follow in the rest of the paragraph, and contains both a topic and a controlling idea or opinion
What is a topic sentence?
400
Chronological order, spatial order, and order of importance.
What are methods of organizing writing?
400
Introduction, thesis statement, topic sentence, supporting sentence, and conclusion.
What are the basic elements of a first draft?
400
Establishes the writer's voice, tone, or attitude toward the subject, introduces the general topic of the essay, and states the thesis that will be supported in the body paragraphs
What is the purpose of the introductory paragraph?
500
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb and often ends in –ly.
What is an adverb?
500
Topic sentence, body, and conclusion.
What are the three distinct components of a strong paragraph?
500
Restate the main idea, summarize the key points in the paragraph, draw a conclusion based on the information in the paragraph, make a prediction, suggestion, or recommendation about the information in the paragraph
What are the functions of a concluding sentence?
500
Prewriting, outlining, rough draft, revising, and editing.
What are the steps in the writing process?
500
Digest the information, and then rephrase it completely in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?