The Process
The most important part of the writing process.
What is Prewriting?
One sentence stating what the paper is about.
What is the thesis?
The most basic strategy used in conclusions.
What is restating the thesis?
The type of evidence required in body paragraphs.
What is specific enough to require citation?
The style manual used in English classrooms.
What is MLA?
The last part of the writing process.
What is Publishing?
A strategy to gain the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
A strategy used in persuasive conclusions that asks the reader to do something.
What is a call to action?
The explanation of evidence.
What is commentary?
The desktop publishing software used in this class.
What is Microsoft Word?
Many students mistakenly think of the writing process as linear. In fact, the writing process is this.
What is cyclical or recursive?
Required in introductions for papers written about works of fiction in addition to thesis.
What is title and author of the work being discussed?
A strategy used in the conclusion that tells a story.
What is anecdote?
A sentence supporting the thesis.
What is a topic sentence?
The commonly used desktop publishing program that doesn't exactly match the style requirements for this class.
What is Google docs?
The acronym for revision strategies.
What is ARMS?
The part of the rhetorical situation included in introductions of essays written about nonfiction.
What is context?
Authors often circle back to this strategy in the conclusion.
What is the strategy used in the introduction?
Words showing the function of a body paragraph.
What are transitions?
The spacing used in essays for this class.
What is double spacing?
Students often mistakenly believe these two stages in the writing process are synonymous.
What are Editing and Revising?
The rhetorical appeal to credibility authors often employ in introductions.
What is ethos?
The strategy that broadens the essay beyond the boundaries of the essay.
What is connecting to another idea or text?
This determines what evidence is used in an essay.
What is the rhetorical situation?
The font and size used in this class.
What is Times New Roman 12 pt. font?