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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
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
The beginning of an informative paper, used to get the reader's attention and provide important background information.
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Hook
The first sentence or two in a piece of writing that aims to immediately engage the reader.
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Storyboard
A graphic organizer that represents information as multiple self-contained images in consecutive order.
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Narrative Writing
Writing that tells a detailed and descriptive story based on events and/or experiences.
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Order of Importance
An organizational pattern that arranges ideas from least to most significant, or vice versa.
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Persuasive Writing
Writing that uses argument to influence someone's beliefs and/or actions.
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Organization Pattern
The structure of a text, used to arrange the main points of a work.
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Proclamation
A strong declaration of an opinion or fact.
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Quotation
The exact words of a source.
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Spatial Order
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
A sentence that ends a paragraph or paper by reviewing the ideas just discussed.
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Editing
A stage of writing that involves proofreading for style, grammar, and spelling errors.
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Global Learning
Learning information through seeing the big picture.
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Revising
A stage of writing that involves revising for focus and development.
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Genre
A type of writing
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Writing to Analyze
A writing purpose achieved by examining something you have read or studied.
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Writing to Argue
A writing purpose that convinces the audience to adopt a belief or take an action.
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Topic Sentence
A sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph.
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Credibility
What makes someone or something believable.
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Example
A specific instance or illustration that demonstrates a point.
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Clickbait
Attention-grabbing and often misleading headlines or images intended to generate a high number of views or clicks.
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Anecdote
A long example told as a story.
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Bias
A person's opinions and preferences.
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Specific Information
A word or idea with a narrow focus.
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Signal Word
A word that makes transitions by showing order or making corrections.
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Paragraph
A short piece of writing that focuses on one main idea.
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Minor Detail
A detail with specific information that supports a major detail in a paragraph.
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General Information
A word or word group that can be linked to a broad range of specific ideas and details.
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Major Detail
A detail that supports and proves the main idea of a paragraph.
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Critique
A critical analysis of a subject's components.
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Tone
The positive, negative, or neutral attitude that an author expresses about a topic.
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Slang
Casual words or expressions specific to a particular group of people.
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Purpose
The goal an author seeks to achieve in writing a text.
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Intended Audience
The person/people who read or interpret an author's message.
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Writing Process
A strategy that breaks up a writing assignment into five stages: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and submitting.
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Detailed Outline
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
Listing topics and relevant information on note cards or slips of paper to create a visual guide.
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Brainstorming
Exploring and developing ideas.
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Drafting
A stage of writing that involves writing out ideas and supporting/concluding sentences.
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First Draft
The first version of a text.
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Free-writing
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
The overarching statement or argument that a text communicates about its topic.
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Outline
A tool for organizing a text, usually as a multilevel list.
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Prewriting
A stage of writing that involves making decisions, planning ideas, and identifying assignment guidelines.
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Analysis
The process of interpreting something by examining its parts.
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Research Style
A set of formatting and citation standards used for research writing, often within a particular discipline.
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Research Database
A searchable collection of academic journal articles (usually digital).
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Reference List
A list of publication details for each source used in a text.
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Peer Review
The process of giving and receiving feedback. Usually on written work.
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Paraphrase
A restatement, in original language, of another person's idea(s) or words.
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In-text Citation
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
The ability to find, evaluate, and use sources for a particular purpose.
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APA Style
A set of formatting and citation standards created by the American Psychological Association.
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Context
How and when information is presented.
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Academic Writing
A text intended for instructors or students and often directed by specific prompts and requirements.
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Statistic
A number or percentage based on a collection of data.
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Fake News
Misleading or false information that may appear to be legitimate journalism.
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Reflection
The thoughts or feelings of the author.
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Fact
A piece of information that can be proven and is generally agreed upon as true.
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Expert Analysis
An opinion or statement shared by someone who is knowledgeable about a topic.
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Evidence
A piece of information, aka a supporting detail, that is used to support a main idea.
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Description
A passage that explains the appearance of someone or something using words that appeal to the senses.
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Controlling Idea
An idea that focuses and guides what an author wants to say about a topic.
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Active Voice
When a sentence is written so that the subject is performing the action.
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Cliche
A popular phrase that has been overused.
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Complexity
When a text has many connected parts.
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Contraction
A phrase that has been shortened into one word.
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Dependent Clause
A group of words with a subject and a verb that doesn't express a complete thought.
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Formality
The way a text conforms to certain standards.
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Idiom
A phrase (unique to a certain language) that has become a cliche.
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Verb
A word that represents an action, relationship, or state of being.
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Textspeak
Abbreviations, emojis, social media phrases.
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Subject
The person, place, thing, event, or idea a sentence is about.
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Preposition
A word that shows a relationship among topics/subjects.
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Prepositional Phrase
A group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun.
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Introduction
The first paragraph that introduces the main idea at the beginning of the paper.
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Constructive Criticism
Suggestions of specific ways that an author can improve their work.
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Parallelism
A method for showing a relationship between ideas by using similarly structures words, phrases, or clauses.
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Repetition
When a word, phrase, or sentence is repeated to stress meaning or create an engaging rhythm.
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Multimedia Design
A tool for effectively combining and arranging multiple communication methods to present information.
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Plagiarism
Using words, ideas, images, etc. without giving credit to the original source.
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Preliminary Search
An informal fact-finding process that is useful for refining a topic and identifying background information.
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Academic Source
A source that has been peer-reviewed by other experts in the author's field.
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Claim
An argument or statement, usually supported by evidence.
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Works Cited
A list of sources used in a paper aka a references page.
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Research Writing
The process of conducting research and using sources to compose arguments.
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