What do you know?
Along with a topic sentence, this sentence is used to restate the topic and ends the paragraph.
What is a clincher sentence?
You must make your paragraphs __________, ____________, and _________.
What is interesting, specific, and complete?
This form of writing is used to convince someone that your opinion is correct or to move someone to action.
What is persuasive writing?
At this stage in the writing process, you try to make your draft clearer. Your draft is shaped into its "almost-final form".
What is revising?
You can use this on a daily basis to jot down your idea's and thoughts.
What is a writer's notebook?
This sentence is most often used as the first or second sentence to announce what is coming in the paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
List 3 ways to support the main idea of a paragraph.
What are: facts, statistics, quotations, definitions, anecdotes or incidents, examples, reasons, and comparisons?
When your purpose is to tell how to do something or to recount a story, you would use this form of writing.
What is narrative writing?
_________________ is the final stage of the writing process.
What is proofreading?
This is used to capture the attention of the reader.
What is a "clincher" or a "hook"?
This sentence can be long, short, or complex.
What is a topic sentence?
Each of your paragraphs should be ______________.
What is coherent?
This form of writing is used when your purpose is to explain or inform. You must include your main idea, use facts, examples, quotations, etc. And your details must be presented in a logical order.
What is expository writing?
These questions are one way to demonstrate creativity is to imagine what hasn't happened or what might happen in the future.
What are "what if?" questions?
This is very important in writing to help express ideas clearly and effectively.
What is "word choice"?
A paragraph has _________________when all of its sentences focus on a __________________.
What are unity and single main idea?
This statement focuses around the main topic of the paragraph or paper and clearly expresses your view.
What is a thesis statement?
This form of writing uses spatial order and sensory details to appeal to the readers 5 senses.
What is descriptive writing?
This strategy is used to find a topic to write about and is similar to brainstorming but involves nonstop writing.
What is "freewriting"?
This is all the thinking, planning, and organizing you do before you actually start writing.
What is "prewriting"?
This word comes from the Latin prefix com, meaning "together", and the root vergere, meaning "to turn or bend". When combined this word means "to bring together".
What is converge?
Give 1 example of a purpose of writing.
What is persuasion, descriptive, narrative, or expository?
This writing strategy causes you to present your reasons and other details in order of increasing or decreasing importance.
What is "order of importance"?
If you know a topic well, this strategy is helpful for gathering and organizing details.
What is clustering, mapping, or webbing?
List the strategies for writing coherently.
Be clear
Guide the reader
Put your thoughts in order