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Gen. Writing Terms
General Writing key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prewriting | collecting ideas on graphic organizers, lists,observations,free-writes,outlines |
| Draft | write out the topic in paragraph with an organized strategy |
| Review / Edit | read draft in different orders; check for spelling, punctuation, and grammar mistakes |
| Revise | tighten the syntax of the sentence, add details, reorganize |
| Publish | how your writing piece gets to its audience |
| Topic | subject matter and focus of the writing piece |
| Audience | person or group the writing piece is intended for |
| Form | the format used to publish the writing |
| Topic sentence | where the main idea is represented in a paragraph |
| Supporting sentences | gives specific details that support the main idea; uses sensory details, facts, and/or examples. |
| Clincher sentence | the last sentence of the paragraph that connects the supporting details to the topic sentence and brings the paragraph to a close. |
| Diction | word choice and style for a particular purpose |
| Syntax | the way in which a sentence is structured |
| Fluency | the way individual words and phrases sound together within a sentence; with the goal to write smoothly from word to word, phrase to phrase, and sentence and sentence in order to communicate clearly. |
| Style | the arrangement of sentences, phrases, words, and punctuation for a particular purpose in writing. |
| Voice | the diction and syntax a writer chooses to represent his or he thoughts/ perspective on a given topic. |
| Prose | writing that uses traditional paragraph formation such as essays, narratives, expository, and persuasive writing. |
| Verse | structuring writing in stanza formation; traditionally done in poetry and song. |
| Code Shifting | moving between languages to speak and write for the intended audience |
| Formal | intended to be evaluated by someone who expects academic or businesslike argument and presentation. |
| Informal | not intended to be evaluated ; sometimes not intended to be read , used primarily to explore ideas or communicate casually with friends and acquaintances |
| Conversational | intended to the cadence, syntax, vernacular, slang; dialect of spoken conversations. |
| Connotation | the implied meaning or intension of a term; an idea or feeling that a word invokes. |
| Denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word - the word's dictionary definition. |
| Opinion | a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge |
| Fact | a thing that is known to be indisputable - it has occurred, it has an actual existence; information presented as having an objective reality. |
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