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Chapters 1 & 2: Prewriting and Drafting
Chapter 3:
Revising and Editing
Chapter 4:
Introductions
Chapter 5:
Body Paragraphs
Chapter 6:
Conclusions
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Thinking about thinking.
What is meta-cognition?
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Every body paragraph should begin with one.
What is a transition?
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Beginning your intro with a shocking fact.
What is the surprising statement method?
100
Every body paragraph should begin with this type of word or phrase.
What is a transition?
100
Repeating your thesis in three separate statements.
What is the multi-sentence method?
200
Listing, clustering, and outlining are examples of this.
What is prewriting?
200
The term that means all your examples are relevant to your topic.
What is unity?
200
Beginning your intro with some famous words.
What is the quote method?
200
The sentences in the middle of a body paragraph.
What are support sentences?
200
Ending with a statement about what may happen in the future.
What is the prediction method of conclusion?
300
Another word for writing.
What is drafting?
300
The term that means all your ideas follow a logical order or progression.
What is coherence?
300
Beginning your intro with a short story.
What is the anecdote method?
300
It begins with a transition and starts off a body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
300
Ending with an urge for readers to "do something" about your topic.
What is the call to action method of conclusion?
400
Making sure your three main points are phrased in a similar way inside your thesis.
What is parallel structure?
400
Going back through your essay to look for errors in punctuation, capitalization, subject verb agreement, etc.
What is editing?
400
Beginning your intro with a comment on how your topic has been viewed in the past.
What is the background info method?
400
The part of a topic sentence that refers back to your main idea.
What is a thesis link?
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Ending with a general statement on your topic.
What is the summary method of conclusion?
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These are the five paragraphs required for your essay.
What are introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion?
500
What you do when you are finished with all four steps of the writing process.
What is publish (or publishing)?
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Anticipating opposing views and then giving your own ideas on the topic.
What is the contrast intro method?
500
It ends a body paragraph and wraps up a main point.
What is a concluding sentence?
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Taking the short story from your intro and mentioning it again in your conclusion.
What is revisiting the anecdote?