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Narrowed Topic

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A topic that you have made more specific by considering your purpose, audience, and constraints.

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Prior Knowledge

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What you already know about a topic

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Scope

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The focus of a writing assignment.

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Focus

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Clear communication and support of a main idea.

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Constraint

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A limitation that affects your writing

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Research Paper

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An academic text that uses information from multiple sources to achieve a particular purpose.

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Submitting

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A stage of writing that involves formatting a text and sharing it with its audience.

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Conclusion

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A paragraph that ties all the ideas in a paper together by reviewing the ideas just discussed.

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Concluding Sentence

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A sentence that ends a paragraph or paper by reviewing the ideas just discussed.

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Cause and Effect Essay

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An essay type that explores casual links between events, decisions, or situations and their consequences.

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Thesis Statement

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A sentence/group of sentences that expresses the main idea of a longer work and is supported by evidence.

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Topic

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The general subject of a text.

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Supporting Detail

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A piece of information/evidence that is used to support a main idea.

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Questioning

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Using questions to consider a topic from diverse angles and perspectives.

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Working Outline

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An informal outline with no special formatting or structure.

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Writing to Respond

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A writing purpose that expresses personal thoughts and opinions about a text.

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Writing to Summarize

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A writing purpose that presents a small, generalized overview of a larger amount of information.

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Writing to Propose

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A writing purpose achieved by giving suggestions and solutions to an issue or problem.

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Writing to Evaluate

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A writing purpose achieved by creating criteria for judging something you have read or studied.

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Writing to Discuss

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A writing purpose that presents issues or interprets something you have read or studied.

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Writing to Describe

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A writing purpose that explains the appearance of someone or something using words that appeal to the senses.

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Body Paragraphs

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The paragraphs between the introduction and conclusion of an essay that use supporting details to explore, explain, or prove the main idea(s).

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Chronological Order

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An organization patter that arranges ideas or events in the order that they occur aka sequential order.

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Descriptive Writing

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Writing that communicates the characteristics or qualities of a thing or event.

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Informative Conclusion

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The end of an informative paper, used to communicate the importance of the main idea and what readers should learn, take away, or do.

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Informative Introduction

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The beginning of an informative paper, used to get the reader’s attention and provide important background information.

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Hook

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The first sentence or two in a piece of writing that aims to immediately engage the reader.

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Storyboard

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A graphic organizer that represents information as multiple self-contained images in consecutive order.

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Narrative Writing

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Writing that tells a detailed and descriptive story based on events and/or experiences.

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Order of Importance

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An organizational pattern that arranges ideas from least to most significant, or vice versa.

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Persuasive Writing

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Writing that uses argument to influence someone’s beliefs and/or actions.

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Organization Pattern

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The structure of a text, used to arrange the main points of a work.

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Proclamation

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A strong declaration of an opinion or fact.

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Quotation

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The exact words of a source.

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Spatial Order

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An organizational pattern used to describe a subject’s physical characteristics. Usually top to bottom, left to right, or front to back.

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Concluding Sentence

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A sentence that ends a paragraph or paper by reviewing the ideas just discussed.

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Editing

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A stage of writing that involves proofreading for style, grammar, and spelling errors.

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Global Learning

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Learning information through seeing the big picture.

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Revising

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A stage of writing that involves revising for focus and development.

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Genre

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A type of writing

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Writing to Analyze

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A writing purpose achieved by examining something you have read or studied.

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Writing to Argue

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A writing purpose that convinces the audience to adopt a belief or take an action.

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Topic Sentence

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A sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph.

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Credibility

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What makes someone or something believable.

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Example

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A specific instance or illustration that demonstrates a point.

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Clickbait

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Attention-grabbing and often misleading headlines or images intended to generate a high number of views or clicks.

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Anecdote

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A long example told as a story.

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Bias

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A person’s opinions and preferences.

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Specific Information

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A word or idea with a narrow focus.

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Signal Word

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A word that makes transitions by showing order or making corrections.

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Paragraph

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A short piece of writing that focuses on one main idea.

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Minor Detail

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A detail with specific information that supports a major detail in a paragraph.

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General Information

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A word or word group that can be linked to a broad range of specific ideas and details.

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Major Detail

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A detail that supports and proves the main idea of a paragraph.

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Critique

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A critical analysis of a subject’s components.

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Tone

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The positive, negative, or neutral attitude that an author expresses about a topic.

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Slang

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Casual words or expressions specific to a particular group of people.

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Purpose

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The goal an author seeks to achieve in writing a text.

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Intended Audience

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The person/people who read or interpret an author’s message.

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Writing Process

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A strategy that breaks up a writing assignment into five stages: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and submitting.

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Detailed Outline

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An outline that organizes most or all of the ideas and research that will be included in a first draft.

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Block Structure Method

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Listing topics and relevant information on note cards or slips of paper to create a visual guide.

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Brainstorming

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Exploring and developing ideas.

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Drafting

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A stage of writing that involves writing out ideas and supporting/concluding sentences.

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First Draft

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The first version of a text.

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Free-writing

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A brainstorming strategy that involves writing words, phrases, or ideas that come to mind during a set period of time.

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Main Idea

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The overarching statement or argument that a text communicates about its topic.

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Outline

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A tool for organizing a text, usually as a multilevel list.

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Prewriting

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A stage of writing that involves making decisions, planning ideas, and identifying assignment guidelines.

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Analysis

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The process of interpreting something by examining its parts.

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Research Style

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A set of formatting and citation standards used for research writing, often within a particular discipline.

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Research Database

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A searchable collection of academic journal articles (usually digital).

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Reference List

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A list of publication details for each source used in a text.

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Peer Review

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The process of giving and receiving feedback. Usually on written work.

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Paraphrase

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A restatement, in original language, of another person’s idea(s) or words.

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In-text Citation

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A brief note or marker that is inserted near specific information in a text and indicates the original source.

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Information Literacy

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The ability to find, evaluate, and use sources for a particular purpose.

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APA Style

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A set of formatting and citation standards created by the American Psychological Association.

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Context

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How and when information is presented.

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Academic Writing

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A text intended for instructors or students and often directed by specific prompts and requirements.

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Statistic

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A number or percentage based on a collection of data.

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Fake News

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Misleading or false information that may appear to be legitimate journalism.

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Reflection

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The thoughts or feelings of the author.

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Fact

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A piece of information that can be proven and is generally agreed upon as true.

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Expert Analysis

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An opinion or statement shared by someone who is knowledgeable about a topic.

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Evidence

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A piece of information, aka a supporting detail, that is used to support a main idea.

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Description

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A passage that explains the appearance of someone or something using words that appeal to the senses.

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Controlling Idea

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An idea that focuses and guides what an author wants to say about a topic.

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Active Voice

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When a sentence is written so that the subject is performing the action.

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Cliche

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A popular phrase that has been overused.

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Complexity

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When a text has many connected parts.

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Contraction

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A phrase that has been shortened into one word.

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Dependent Clause

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A group of words with a subject and a verb that doesn’t express a complete thought.

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Formality

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The way a text conforms to certain standards.

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Idiom

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A phrase (unique to a certain language) that has become a cliche.

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Verb

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A word that represents an action, relationship, or state of being.

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Textspeak

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Abbreviations, emojis, social media phrases.

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Subject

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The person, place, thing, event, or idea a sentence is about.

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Preposition

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A word that shows a relationship among topics/subjects.

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Prepositional Phrase

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A group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun.

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Introduction

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The first paragraph that introduces the main idea at the beginning of the paper.

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Constructive Criticism

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Suggestions of specific ways that an author can improve their work.

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Parallelism

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A method for showing a relationship between ideas by using similarly structures words, phrases, or clauses.

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Repetition

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When a word, phrase, or sentence is repeated to stress meaning or create an engaging rhythm.

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Multimedia Design

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A tool for effectively combining and arranging multiple communication methods to present information.

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Plagiarism

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Using words, ideas, images, etc. without giving credit to the original source.

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Preliminary Search

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An informal fact-finding process that is useful for refining a topic and identifying background information.

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Academic Source

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A source that has been peer-reviewed by other experts in the author’s field.

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Claim

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An argument or statement, usually supported by evidence.

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Works Cited

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A list of sources used in a paper aka a references page.

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Research Writing

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The process of conducting research and using sources to compose arguments.

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