The point of the Rhetorical Star which explains what you will be writing about.
What is the Subject?
100
Brainstorming and freewriting are used during this step of the writing process.
What is Discovery?
100
Adverbs, adjectives, and interjections are just three of these.
What are the Parts of Speech?
100
This occurs when two complete sentences run together without a proper punctuation mark or coordinating conjunction.
What is a run-on (or fused) sentence?
100
In this strategy of writing, it's a good idea to include similes and metaphors and to appeal to the senses.
What is descriptive writing?
200
In this point, the writer should consider the genre, format, and overall appearance of the essay.
What is Design?
200
One of the best things a writer can do when Getting Feedback is to participate in this.
What is a peer review?
200
In paragraphs, these are used to give examples, to show location, and to add opinion, to name a few.
What are transitions?
200
Specialized vocabulary that people related to a particular career field, group, or interest use is only appropriate in certain situations, and is known as this.
What is jargon?
200
When comparing and contrasting, a writer should use one of these approaches (or patterns).
What is a block pattern or a point-by-point pattern?
300
Selecting your materials and establishing a method for saving your work are just two of parts of this.
What is creating an ideal writing environment?
300
Spelling, mechanics, and punctuation are things that should be corrected during this step of the writing process.
What is Editing?
300
An essay forecast, or map, gives the reader this information.
What is an overview of the main points?
300
In the sentence, "The jury is undecided," the word jury is an example of this type of noun.
What is a singular collective noun?
300
The statement, "Dr. Brilliant is a good instructor because he teaches his students well," is this type of logical fallacy.
What is circular reasoning?
400
Persuading, explaining causes or effects, and solving a problem all belong in this point of the Rhetorical Star.
What is Strategy?
400
In both outlines and essays, stating similar ideas in similar terms is referred to as this.
What is parallelism?
400
This is meant to tell your reader the main idea of your essay, or what you intend to prove.
What is a thesis statement?
400
These are used to separate three or more words, phrases, or clauses in a series, as well as to set off conjunctive adverbs, such as however, furthermore, and therefore.
What is a comma?
400
This type of writing works best when using either an ethical, emotional, or logical appeal.
What is persuasive writing?
500
These are the five Purposes of writing, according to the Rhetorical Star.
What is writing to inform, interpret, persuade, entertain, and express feelings?
500
Checking your essay for nit-picky details, such as repeated words and typos, are part of this step of the writing process.
What is Proofreading?
500
When you define, summarize, and synthesize information, you are processing what you've read, also known as this step of critical reading.
What is reread and annotate?
500
This is the correct way to write, "I am so excited to visit walt disney world in Orlando, FL."
What is, "I am so excited to visit Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida."
500
In this strategy, the writer must make a judgement and support it with specific evidence that is fair and reasonable.