When you “interview” yourself about a subject to come up with ideas to write about, it is known as this.
What is brainstorming?
100
The main point of an essay is known as this.
What is the thesis?
100
When you omit material from a quotation, you indicate the omission with this.
What is an ellipsis (...)?
200
When you want to combine two simple sentences, but you don’t want to use a coordinating conjunction, you use this.
What is a semi colon?
200
You must use this punctuation mark as well as a coordinating conjunction to properly combine two simple sentences.
What is a comma?
200
The process by which you write down whatever comes to your mind, including "my mind is blank", is known as this.
What is Freewriting?
200
Firsthand, raw, or original materials that researches study and analyze are known as this.
What are primary sources?
300
Verbs about the 5 senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound) are known as these.
What are being verbs?
300
Changing an independent clause to a dependent one is called this.
What is subordination?
300
You store news clippings, sayings, snapshots, or anything you would like to recall or consider for your writing, in this.
What is a journal?
300
This sentence can be placed as the first sentence, after a few sentences are last in a paragraph. When placed as the last sentence in a paragraph, it serves to summarize or draw conclusions from the details that precede it.
What is the topic sentence?
400
And, or, for, nor, but, so, yet are known as this.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
400
When you balance a sentence it is known as this.
What is parallelism?
400
Before beginning the writing process, you use one of these to help you organize your ideas. Roman numerals, indents, and capital letters are used.
What is an outline?
400
Reviews, discussions, biographies, critical studies, analyses of literary or artistic works, events, commentaries on current and historical events, class lectures, and electronic discussions are examples of these.
What are secondary sources?
500
This word points out or clarifies a relationship between sentences.
What is a conjunctive adverb?
500
Fused sentences are also known as this.
What are run-on sentences?
500
You use either of these to highlight a word, phrase, or title, depending on the type of writing (ie. book, short story, poem, manuscript...).
What are italics or underlining?
500
This type of writing is used to convey facts and data.