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The Writing Process
Transition Words and MLA
Parts of a Paragraph
Unity and Coherence
Types of Writing
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What is the first step of the writing process?
What is prewriting.
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What is a transition word?
A word that links ideas together and makes the writing smooth.
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What is the first sentence in a paragraph called?
What is topic sentence.
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What does unity mean?
That all the ideas go together, that the paragraph is on topic and doesn't talk about random things.
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What are the four types of writing we studied in class?
What is expository, narrative, persuasive and descriptive.
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What are two things that you do during drafting?
What is writing a rough draft, making 6-8 sentences, expanding ideas into complete sentences.
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List 5 transition words.
What is and, in conclusion, lastly, firstly, also, etc.
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What is the middle of a paragraph called?
What is the body or supporting details.
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What does Coherence mean?
The ideas go in an order that makes sense.
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What is the definition of narrative writing?
What is it tells a story and involves characters, conflict, plot etc.
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Part 1: What does revising literally mean? Part 2: What do you look at during revising?
What is to see again and ideas.
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What does MLA stand for?
What is Modern Language Association.
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List 4 things you can include in your body.
Details, Anecdotes, Facts, Statistics, Examples, Quotes
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At what stage of the writing process do you look at unity and coherence?
What is during Revising.
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What is descriptive writing?
What is a type of writing that appeals to multiple sense and uses figurative language such as similes and metaphors. It uses a lot of adjectives.
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What are three things you do during editing?
What is correct punctuation, spelling, grammar and usage errors and any sentence structure errors.
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Using MLA format, what are the top four lines of any assignment?
What is First/Last name, Teacher, Course Code, Date.
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What does it mean to be more specific in your writing?
Avoid general statements, give examples, add detail.
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Sam is the best baseball player. Sam likes to eat hotdogs. Sam can run and catch faster than anyone else on his team. Last week, Sam hit a home run and led his team to their final win of the season. Sam is an awesome baseball player. Which sentence does not add to the unity of the paragraph?
What is Sam likes to eat hotdogs.
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What is persuasive writing?
What is a type of writing that tries to persuade the audience to agree with the author's point of view. An opinion paragraph.
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What is the final stage of the writing process and what are two things that you do during this stage?
What is publishing. Hand in your good copy that is error free, be proud of your work.
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Why do we use MLA format?
So we can organize our writing and can focus on what is being said.
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What is the last part of a paragraph called?
What is closing sentence or concluding sentence.
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Why do we look at unity and coherence?
It improves our writing and helps us to communicate clearly by considering these things.
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What is expository writing?
What is a type of writing that that uses facts and information to teach a lesson or inform an audience. It does not include opinions or value statements.