A statement of your main point in its trial or rough-draft form
What is "working thesis"?
100
The author of "salvation"
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
A man reads a fact-based love story to his wife, who suffers from Alzheimers.
What is The Notebook?
200
Key step that allows the writer to discover fresh ideas, tap into prior knowledge, and anticipate gaps in knowledge
What is prewriting?
200
Announcing what the topic of an essay will be. For example, "In this essay I will tell you how I learned the meaning of perseverance."
What is announcing the subject matter?
200
The loss of innocence, a turning point in life, the loss of faith/community
What are themes in "Salvation"?
200
An abused young girl/woman in the 1930s rural South is taught the basics of reading by her sister before the girl is forced to flee, leaving her to continue to learn to read on her own.
What is The Color Purple?
300
Sketching the structure of a piece of writing--identifying the thesis, main points, supporting evidence. This technique can be very helpful when reading complex texts or when writing a paper.
What is outlining?
300
TA brief statement in the introductory paragraph introducing the main points to be discussed in the essay.
What is an essay map?
300
The tension that arose between Langston and his aunt, the preacher, and Westly is referred to as ______________ in storytelling terms?
What is conflict?
300
An innovative school teacher gives her inner-city students journals to help them find their voices and acquire literacy.
What is Freedom Writers?
400
This process includes rethinking the arrangement of ideas and content of an essay in light of the essay's mode, purpose and audience. It allows you to look at a composition with fresh eyes.
What is revising?
400
The place in the essay where a thesis is most frequently placed
What is the introduction?
400
The high point in a narrative.
What is climax?
400
A young girl is helped by members of her family, the community, and school mentors to spell success at a national competition.
What is Akeela and the Bee?
500
During this phase writers look carefully at sentence construction, grammar, and spelling. The emphasis here is on ensuring a lively, engaging style as well as proficient language use.
What is editing?
500
The quality of writing that ensures every paragraph addresses its stated topic, and that every topic sentence directly addresses the thesis.
What is essay unity?
500
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
500
A best-selling romance writer who has decided to kill off his favorite heroine is kidnapped and forced to resurrect the character by a demented nurse.