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Exploring
Composing
Revising
Editing
Mechanics
100
Recording all ideas on a topic
What is brainstorming?
100
A topic sentence, body sentences, a concluding sentence
What is a stand-alone paragraph?
100
adding, deleting and/or rearranging
What is revision?
100
a list of common errors
What is an error log?
100
Clause
What is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb?
200
The topic, the audience and the purpose
What are 3 areas to consider in the exploring stage?
200
Making a topic more specific
What is narowing a topic?
200
Linking words or expressions that ensure that ideas connect smoothly
What are transitional expressions?
200
Making sure a writing is error free
What is proofreading?
200
FANBOYS
What are the seven coordinating conjuctions?
300
To entertain, to persuade, or to inform
What are 3 general purposes for writing?
300
makes a point about the topic and expresses the writer's opinion, attitude, or feeling
What is the controlling idea?
300
Includes an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion, but may be messy or incomplete
What is a first draft of an essay?
300
comma splice
What is two complete sentences incorrectly joined together with only a comma?
300
Introductory element
What is a word, phrase,or clause that comes before the main clause and is set off by a comma?
400
mapping
What is collecting ideas by branching out from a central topic?
400
When all of its sentences directly relate to and support the topic sentence
What is unity?
400
Ensuring that there are enough details and examples to make a strong and convincing essay
What is revising for adequate support?
400
Fragment
What is an incomplete sentence that cannot stand alone?
400
Contractions and possessive nouns
What are two uses of apostrophes?
500
Central idea
What controls an essay?
500
Chronological order, emphatic order, and spatial order
What are patterns of organization or development?
500
Restating a paragraph's main point in various ways but not providing supporting details
What is circular reasoning?
500
Non-standard English
What is English writing or speech that does not follow all the rules of grammar and often includes slang?
500
a semi-colon, an adverbial conjunction, and a comma
What is one way to punctuate a compound sentence?