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Basic Steps
100
Ideas or opinions that we do not question and that we automatically accept as true
What is Assumption?
100
The collection of examples, facts, or evidence that shows, explains, or proves your main point
What is support?
100
Creates a main impression
What is Description?
100
Writing that explains that a term or concept means
What is definition?
100
Gives specific examples Has a point
What is 2 basics of illustration?
200
One sided and sometimes prejudiced views
What is Biases?
200
First whole version of all ideas put together in a piece of writing
What is a draft?
200
Consist of the specific examples and details that help readers experience the sights, sounds, smells, taste, and textures of your topic
What is Support?
200
Writing that shows the similarities among subjects, peoples, ideas, situations, or items
What is comparison?
200
Has a thesis statement Describes the topic Grabs readers attention
What is 3 basics of an intro paragraph
300
Has three necessary parts, the topic sentence, the body, and the concluding sentence
What is a paragraph?
300
Making your ideas clearer, stronger, and more convincing
What is revising?
300
Explains how to do something or explains how something works
What is process analysis?
300
Is what made an event happen
What is cause?
300
Mapping Free writing Discussing Keeping a journal Using the internet
What is 5 prewriting techniques?
400
Who or what you are reading about
What is a topic?
400
Words, phrases, and sentences that connect your ideas so that your writing moves smoothly from one point to the next
What is transition?
400
Writing that organizes, or sorts people or items into categories
What is classification?
400
Writing that takes a position on an issue and gives supporting evidence to persuade someone else to accept or consider
What is argument?
400
Preview the reading Read the piece Pause to think during the reading Review the reading
What is 4 basics of critical reading?
500
What the writer wants to get across to the readers about the topic or the writer's position on that topic
What is main point?
500
Writing that tells the story of an event or an experience
What is narration?
500
A considered, or shortened version of something often a longer piece of writing
What is summary?
500
Creates a main impression Uses specific examples Supports the examples with detail Brings a person, place, or physical object to life
What is 4 basics of good description?