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Composition 7 Unit 1

Writing an Essay

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An ___________ is a piece of writing that develops the writer's ideas on a single topic. essay
A(An)_____________is made up of a series of paragraphs that are linked together logically and that flow well. There are many kinds of essays essay
Good essays of all kinds have similar ____________. traits
An essay is a piece of writing that develops an author's ideas on a ____________________. single topic
An essay may tell about the author's ____________ or _____________, or give the reader ____________, or try to persuade the reader to hold an opinion. life; feelings; information;
Whatever the essay's subject or style, it usually contains an ____________, a ____________ statement, supporting paragraphs (sometimes called the body of the essay), and a ____________. introduction; thesis; conclusion
The _____________ is the beginning of an essay that introduces its topic and gets the reader interested. introduction
Often, the introduction contains a ____________, such as a surprising or intriguing passage, idea, or image used to grab the reader’s attention. hook
The ____________ of an essay is its most important point, its main idea. thesis
Many essays contain a specific sentence that states the and tells what the author intends to show or prove. thesis
The body of the essay needs to support the ____________. thesis
The thesis statement can usually be found in the ____________. introduction
The paragraphs of supporting details make up the supporting paragraphs, or ____________, of the essay. body
The ____________ of an essay is found at the end. conclusion
The ______________ wraps the essay up neatly. It may sum up what has been previously said. conclusion
If the conclusion restates the ____________ of the essay, it should do so in a new way, not in the same words as before. thesis
The paragraphs of supporting details make up the ____________ (body), or body, of the essay. supporting paragraphs
Name the parts of an essay. introduction, thesis, body, and concludion
What are the five crucial decision points of essay writing? 1. purpose 2. audience 3. voice 4. tone 5. style
The first step in writing well is to know why you are writing what you are writing— your _____________. purpose
Generally what is a writer's purpose? • To inform or explain • To persuade • To entertain or be creative • To express thoughts and feelings
Fiction usually tries to _____________. entertain
News stories ____________, but editorials in newspapers try to persuade. inform
Diaries and journals express their authors' _____________. feelings
When you write, keep the need of your intended ____________—your potential readers—in mind. audience
Usually, writers try to use a natural, conversational _____________. voice
Closely related to voice is ____________, or attitude. tone
If you were writing a report on a natural disaster such as a flood, you would use a serious ____________, but if you were writing a letter about something funny that happened to you, you would use a light-hearted, humorous ____________. tone
Closely related to voice and tone is ______________. It involves such traits as the use of simple or difficult words and long or short sentences. style
List the three steps to writing. Prewriting, Drafting, Revising
An essay has _____________ if the writing is clear and easy to understand. clarity
Clear writing uses appropriate ______________ and _____________ correct sentences. vocabulary; grammatically
Specific _____________ also enhance clarity. details
_____________ helps the reader understand what the writer wants to say. Clarity
An essay has ____________ when all of its paragraphs help support the thesis. unity
An essay is _____________ when passages stray from the point and discuss irrelevant topics disunified
In a _____________ essay, the ideas flow smoothly, in a way that makes sense, with understandable connections between one idea and another. coherent
An ____________ essay, one in which ideas are disjointed from each other, is hard to read and understand, even if the ideas themselves are sound. incoherent
What two important elements contribute to coherence? 1. patterns of organization 2. transitional words and phrases
______________ order: details are arranged in the time order in which they occur It is often used in narrative essays because people generally tell a story in the order in which the events occurred. Chronological
________________ order: details are arranged according to location It is often used to describe places, perhaps from top to bottom; from inner to outer; or in the order in which a character notices things. Spatial
Order of ______________: details are presented from least important to most important or from most important to least important. importance
Using ______________—transitional words and phrases—can greatly improve the coherence of your essay writing. transitions
____________ create links between one idea and the next, one sentence and the next, and one paragraph and the next. Transitions
_______________ help solidify the relationship between ideas. Transitional words
The following words show ___________ order: first then before earlier second after later when next now finally tomorrow Chronological
The following words show ____________ order: above under around down behind next to in front of in back of to the right in the center across on the other side Spatial
The following words show what kind of order: more important first primarily another most important last good also less important mainly better least important mostly best order of importance
The following show _____similarly likewise too another additionally and both also like but however in contrast whereas instead rather consequently furthermore moreover therefore thus as a result as well as although in conclusion for example for instance logical order
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