English Writing Flashcards
What does K.I.S.S. stand for?
Keep It Simple Student
What is a thesis?
The opinion that your paper will prove to your target reader, expressed……
What does Essay mean?
It means an attempt to explain something persuasively in writing. It is analytical
What is an analytical essay?
It is an essay that analyzes the material by breaking up the subject.
What are two simple essay styles?
Narrative
Baconian
What are the five virtues?
Unity Support Organization Style Mechanics
What does TEE stand for?
Topic Sentence
Evidence
Explanation
What is organization (#3)?
the ideas follow intelligent order, and transitions tell why the next thing comes next.
What is the order of narrative?
don’t use in college
spatial: left to right, front to back, etc.
chronological: time sequence
specific-to-general: story leading to a moral
What is the order of Analytical writing?
General-to-specific: TEE
default setting to an analytical (developmental) paragraph
Emphatic: order of increase
default setting for analytical essay.
cause/effect: smartest kind of order when possible
What does Emphatic mean?
the order of things. Such as:
good, better, best
What are transitions for?
They help to bridge from one thought to another
What are bad essay transitions?
Next
Secondly
Also
Last, but not least
What are good essay transitions?
Better still
Even scarier
As a result
What is the writing process?
- Worrying (Is productive)
- Planning
- Writing
- Revising
