Writing As Process
This is the name of a polished essay that is ready for submission.
Final draft
This technique is used to help writers organize their thoughts prior to writing a rough draft.
An outline
The breaking down of ideas into smaller more easily understood components.
Analysis
This kind of citation is used when citing a source within the essay itself.
In-text citation
This rhetorical appeal refers to the use of emotion to persuade the audience.
Pathos
This part of the writing process refers to eliminating clutter and checking clarity at the sentence-level on a rough draft.
Editing
This kind of paragraph often comes at the start of an essay. It often strives to do 3 things: get the reader involved, provide necessary context for the essay subject matter, and provide a thesis.
Introduction paragraph
The tying together of ideas and sources to support a new idea or concept.
Synthesis
This style of formatting is used a lot in the sciences. For sources, it focuses a lot on the authors' names and years of publication.
APA
This rhetorical appeal refers to the use of organization and facts.
This part of the writing process refers to the final touches a writer makes like fixing typos, inserting or eliminating punctuation, and checking capitalization in a rough draft.
Proofreading
Whenever a writer introduces evidence, they need to do this immediately afterwards.
Cite or Analyze
Sentences, phrases, or even words that are used to help improve a writer's flow.
Transitions
This style of formatting is often used in the humanities. For sources, it focuses heavily on the author's name and where to find exact information.
MLA
This rhetorical appeal refers to the use of credibility or expertise when persuading an audience.
Ethos
This term refers to all drafts prior to the finished product.
Rough draft
The name used for techniques writers use to get their readers to want to read their essay.
Hook or attention getter
Quotes, paraphrases, summaries, descriptions. Anything that the writer uses to support their claims.
Evidence
This kind of citation is used on a page after the essay. It lists all the sources cited within the essay.
Works cited page or reference page
This philosopher from Ancient Greece advocated for the use of rhetoric as a learning tool.
Aristotle
This part of the writing process refers to reworking ideas, checking for flaws in logic, and eliminating paragraphs that are deemed unnecessary on a rough draft.
Revision
This kind of sentence is used within the first few sentences of each body paragraph as a means for guiding the focus of the paragraph.
Topic sentence
The two types of questions writers must address to ensure they have analysis in an essay.
How and why questions
The following is an example of what formatting style:
He revealed that children first learn loyalty from their home environment (Niehaus, 1995, p. 284).
APA
This philosopher argued that rhetoric was dangerous because it could easily be used to manipulate people.
Plato