Basic Terms
This is the term for an opening sentence that grabs the reader's attention.
What is the hook?
These words en in -ly and describe how something is done.
What are -ly Adverbs?
What is 12 point font?
This is when you use word-for-word information from a source.
What is a direct quote?
This is the most open type of pre-writing strategy and involves writing anything that comes to mind.
What is free-writing?
A non-fiction genre that studies someone's life. (The type of paper you're writing)
What is a biography?
Identify the dress-up in the following sentence:
The US Olympic team, who are competing in Milan currently, won the gold medal for team figure skating.
What is the who/which clause?
This is how your title should be formatted.
Centered and 12 point font.
This does NOT need citing in a research paper.
What is common knowledge?
This pre-writing strategy involves grouping ideas and evidence by topic in a graph form.
What is concept mapping/bubbling?
The term for the sentence in your introduction that clearly states the main idea of your paper and provides a concise list of your supporting points.
What is the thesis statement?
The Winter Olympics are held in Italy because of the snowy Alpine Mountains there.
What is the because clause?
This is how your works cited page is organized.
What is alphabetical order?
This is what you put inside a parenthetical citation for a source that does not have an author.
What is the first unique item in the works cited entry? (Usually an abbreviation of the title).
Good writers use these not only between paragraphs but also when connecting ideas to each other inside of body paragraphs. Examples include "however, nonetheless, moreover, in conclusion, in addition to..."
What are transitions?
This was the 6+1 trait of writing that deals specifically with the flow of your paper and avoiding errors like fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences.
What is sentence fluency?
When writing a title of a longer work like a book or website you need to do this.
What is put it in italics?
These 4 items go in your heading.
What are name, teacher, class name, and date?
This is a made up phrase to help you remember to not only provide context for a direct quote, but to help you remember to explain why the quote is relevant to your paper, or "support" the quote.
What is to "cradle the baby?"
The best strategy to see if your paper has easy readability and sentence fluency.
What is read it out loud?
Each body paragraph should start with this that introduces the main idea of that paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
This dress-up is an abnormally good descriptive word that describes nouns and pronouns.
What is a quality Adjective?
What is a formal name for the (....) you use to give credit to your sources in your paper?
What are parenthetical or in-text citations?
When citing a source that has two authors, you use this in the parenthesis.
What is both author's last names?
When writing an objective, fact based paper you want to avoid using these.
What are opinions?