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General Writing Key
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prewriting/ Brainstorming | graphic organizer observations, making lists, free writes outline |
| Draft | write out the topic in paragraph form with organized strategy |
| Review/ Edit | read draft in different orders, check for spelling, punctuation , grammar mistakes |
| Revise | Tighten the syntax of sentences add details, reorganize information, polish work |
| Publish | Digital and print forms how your piece gets to its audience |
| Topic | Subject matter focus of the writing piece |
| Audience | Person or group the writting is intended for. |
| Purpose | Expostion persuasion; narration= the agends of the writting |
| Format/ From | Format used to publish the writing |
| Paragraph structure | their are three main parts to a pragraph; supporting sentence, topic sentence, and clincher sentence. Paragraphs are intended in essays and other types of writing( stories) |
| Topic sentence | the main idea of the sentence is respresented here- it is controlling sentence of the paragraph |
| Supporting Sentence | give specific details that supports the main idea by details that supports the main idea with sensory details, facts, and/or details |
| Clincher Sentence | The last sentence of the paragraph that connects the supporting ideas to the topic sentence and brings tbe paragraph to a close |
| Diction | Word chice and style for a particular purpose. |
| Syntax | The way in which the sentence is structured |
| Fluency | They way individual words and pharses sound together written smoothly from word to word, phrase to pharse, and sentence to sentence in order to comminucate clearly. |
| Style | The arrangement of sentence phrasees, words, and punctuction for a particular purpose in writing. |
| Voice | The diciton and syntax a writter chooses to repersent his or her thoughts/ prespective on a given topic |
| Prose | Essay, narriative, persuasive, and expositing writing- written using traditional paragraph formation. |
| Verse | Structing writing in stanza formation- traditionallt done in poetry and song |
| Code shifiting | Moving between languages to speak and write for the intended audience. |