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The Writing Basics
Quotes, Summaries, and Paraphrases, Oh My!
Write it With Style
Thesis Me This
Student Success Makes Successful Students
100
A way to generate ideas by timing yourself and writing about a set topic.
What is freewriting?
100
When you inappropriately patch together passages form another source.
What patchwriting?
100
A well-told story with vivid detail and significance.
What is a narrative?
100
In an introduction, this is where your thesis goes.
What is the last sentence?
100
A mindset that is not intimidated by challenges or setbacks.
What is a growth mindset?
200
This is the shape we discussed in class that refers to the connection between purpose, audience, and tone.
What is a triangle?
200
This is typically the first thing you see listed in a citation on the Works Cited page, provided the work as all the necessary components.
What is the author's last name?
200
Writing that is typically done in-class and compresses the writing process.
What is timed writing?
200
These are the two places you will find your thesis statement.
What is the introduction and conclusion?
200
A set of rules to show respect for one another in the classroom.
What is etiquette?
300
This is the part of the writing process where you focus on fixing your content.
What is revision?
300
When you state the main ideas in a source concisely and in your own words.
What is summarizing?
300
Writing grounded in persuasive reasons and evidence
What is argumentative writing?
300
"Comics should be read in college," is an example of this part of your thesis statement.
What is your stance?
300
When you establish your stance and tone in an academic paper, it is said you would have this tone.
What is authoritative?
400
Kinds of writing, such as reports, poems, instructions, and even jokes.
What is genre?
400
When you restate material from a source in your own words, using your own sentence structure.
What is paraphrasing?
400
Writing that includes summary of a text and pays attention to context to present a clear judgement with reasonable support for these conclusions.
What is rhetorical analysis?
400
An effective thesis statement is this.
What is arguable?
400
A type of academic dishonesty that often results in disciplinary actions.
What is plagiarism?
500
The outside influence, such as location, cultural significance, and social norms of a piece of writing.
What is context?
500
An excellent way to identify who is speaking in your text.
What is an embedded reference?
500
This also heavily influences your style of writing and boils down to word choice.
What is tone?
500
This is how many sentences a thesis statement can be max.
What is two?
500
The type of thinking that considers the impact of something on a larger scale.
What is critical thinking?