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Writing Process
Writing Process Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| writing process | Plan, Draft, Revise, Edit, and Publish |
| plan | Brainstorm ideas and organize your thoughts before writing |
| draft | Begin writing your ideas into sentences and paragraphs |
| revise | Improve the writing by adding, replacing, or combining sentences. |
| edit | Correct errors in capitalization, usage, punctuation, or spelling. |
| publish | Final copy of corrected writing. |
| complete sentence | a group of words with a subject and a predicate. |
| subject | who or what the sentence is about |
| predicate | what the subject of the sentece is or is doing |
| fragment | a part of a sentence that is missing either the subject or the predicate. |
| run-on | a sentence that contains two or more clauses that are not joined with appropriate punctuation or with a conjunction |
| paragraph | a group of sentences that include a topic sentence, supporting detail sentences, and a conclusion sentence. |
| transition words | a word or phrase that connects ideas between sentences or paragraphs |
| ECR-Extended Constructed Response | a long writing prompt where the writer is explaining his/her thinking with a 3-4 paragraphs |
| SCR- Short Constructed Response | a short writing prompt where the writer is answering a question with 2-3 sentences |
| hook | In “Title of the Selection,” the author (summarize the prompt/passage). |
| thesis statement | Restate the question and answer the question. |
| key idea | One reason/Another reason/One way/Another way |
| text evidence | The text states/The text shows/According to the text |
| explanation of text evidence | This proves/This shows/This suggest |
| conclusion | the last sentence of a paragraph or the last paragraph of an essay |
| wrap-up | Transition words that show the end of a paragraph or essay (In conclusion/In summary/To sum up) |
| restate thesis | Part of the conclusion where the thesis statement is written in a different way |
| takeaway | Part of the conclusion where the writer expresses something he/she has learned from the text |