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Basic Training
Boot Camp
In a Nutshell
I Order You!
Captain Hook
100
Series of sentences about one central idea
What is a paragraph
100
These are the three purposes of essays
What are inform, entertain, and persuade?
100
Contains the main idea plus an opinion
What is a thesis?
100
This arranges details in the order in which they happened
What is time or chronological order?
100
A hook or grabber is also called this
What is a lead-in?
200
Contains several paragraphs that revolve around one central idea
What is an essay
200
This is what you are writing about
What is topic or subject?
200
This kind of thesis has the topic, controlling idea, and three supporting ideas
What is a three-pronged thesis?
200
Quote, surprising statistic, contrary statements, and anecdotes are all types of this
What are lead-ins?
300
Asking who, what, when, where, why, and how
What is questioning?
300
Ways to get ideas down on paper before committing to writing the paper
What are prewriting strategies?
300
This has to be supported, not state the obvious, and be valid and interesting.
What is a thesis?
300
Working around a space and describing what is in each section of that space
What is space order?
300
This is a true experience you or someone else went through
What is an anecdote?
400
This is the type of audience you know or have some idea of
What is audience addressed?
400
Contains examples of your best writing
What is a writing portfolio?
400
This expresses the writer's opinion
What is a controlling idea?
400
A memoir would probably be written in this order
What is Chronological?
400
This is your last chance to impress the reader
What is concluding paragraph?
500
This is an audience you have to imagine
What is audience invoked?
500
The very first step in the writing process
What is understanding your assignment?
500
A thesis should not be a fragment, and it should be this
What is a complete sentence?
500
A news article would most likely be written in this order
What is emphatic?
500
What is Wendy's last name in Peter Pan
What is Darling?