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Writing key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prewriting | collecting ideas |
| draft | write out the topic in paragragph form w/ organized strategy |
| review | read draft in different orders check errors |
| revise | tighten the syntax of the sentences add details p |
| publish | digital and print forms ; how it gets to your audience |
| topic | subject matter/ focus of the writing |
| audience | person or group the writing is intended for |
| purpose | exposition,persuasion,narration=the agenda |
| form | business like letter or essay |
| diction | word choice and style for a particular purpose |
| syntax | the way in which the last sentence is structured |
| fluency | the way individual words and phrases sound together |
| style | the arrgangement of sentences phrases words and punctuation for a particular purpose in writing |
| voice | the diction and syntax a writer chooses to represent his or her toughts |
| proswe | essay,narrative,persuasive writing using traditional paragraph |
| verse | structure writing in stanze formation traditionally done in poetry |
| formal | intended to be evaluated by someone or read by someone expecting academic or business like argument |
| informal | not intended to be evaluated sometimes or read by others |
| conversational | intended to follow the audience |
| connotation | the implied meaning or intension of a term |
| denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word |
| opinion | a view or judgement formal about something not necessarily based on facts |
| fact | a thing that is known to be indispetable , it has occurred |