The type of paragraph that uses examples to support the main topic.
What is exemplification?
100
A prewriting technique in which you write about your topic for ten minutes without stopping and without worrying about grammar, organization, or punctuation.
What is freewriting?
100
This identifies the essay's topic and the writer's attitude, opinion, idea, or point about the topic.
What is a thesis statement?
200
A word group that lacks a subject, verb, or a complete sentence.
What is a fragment
200
Backing up the main point with specific evidence.
What is support?
200
The type of paragraph that shows why something happened or that shows the result of something.
What is a cause or effect paragraph?
200
Expresses the point you are trying to make about the subject of your paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
200
A preview of the major points that will support the thesis statement (located in introductory paragraph).
What is the plan of development?
300
When two sentences are run together with no adequate sign given to mark the break between them.
What is a run-on sentence?
300
Organizing and connecting specific evidence.
What is coherence?
300
The type of paragraph that shows how something is similar or how something is different.
What is a compare or contrast paragraph?
300
A plan or blueprint to ensure that you have a unified, supported, and well-organized paragraph.
What is an outline?
300
A broad statement, a contrast, showing relevance, an incident or story are all examples of this.
What is a method of introduction?
400
Awkwardly placed words that do not describe the words the writer intended them to describe.
What is a misplaced modifier?
400
Writing clear, error-free sentence.
What are effective sentence skills?
400
When you create a vivid picture with words for your reader.
What is a descriptive paragraph?
400
The stage of essay writing that occurs between outlining and essay editing.
What is the first draft?
400
So what?
What is the question you should answer in your concluding paragraph?
500
Comes before and after words that interrupt the flow of thought in a sentence.
What is a comma?
500
The five steps of writing.
What is prewriting, creating a topic sentence, writing a topic/ thesis sentence, writing a draft, revising.
500
When you advance one position over another position with adequate supporting details.
What is an argumentative paragraph?
500
To amend or alter the rough draft of a paragraph.
What is a revision?
500
Thinking about who the writing is intended for and why it is being written.