Writing def
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| audience | the people who read a paper
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| coherent | sentences in logical order
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| unity | all sentences are on topic
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| denotation | definition of a word
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| connotation | positive or negative feeling of a word
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| transition | join steps together smoothly
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| concise | as few words as possible
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| fact | a true statement
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| opinion | what someone thinks about a subject
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| clarity | clear; easy to understand
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| topic sentence | states the main idea of the para
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| concluding sentence | sums up what the para is about
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| pre-write | come up with ideas and put them in order
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| draft | write the first copies of a para
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| revise | reword; add, delete, or change words
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| publish | share the paper
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| inquire | ask who, what, when, where, how, and why
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| observe | ask how it smells, tastes, feels, sounds, and looks
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| brainstorm | write down everything you can think of about one subject
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| free-write | write nonstop about any subject
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| cluster | make a chart of your ideas
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| simple sentence | one independent clause
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| compound sentence | two or more independent clauses
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| complex sentence | one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses
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| expository para | tells 'how-to-to' something
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| descriptive para | gives many details
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| narrative para | tells a story
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| persuasive para | tries to convince you of something
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| compare | how two things are alike or different
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| contrast | how two things are different
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| chronological | in order of time
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| spatial | in order according to location
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| cliche' | overused expression
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| redundant | repeating words
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| empty expression | words that add no meaning
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| outline | when you put your information in order according to topics and subtopics
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| edit | when you correct error in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc...
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| sequential | when you put information in order by steps
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