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writing vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prewriting | writing down thoughts before you begin to write |
| persuade | to make someone believe as you do (persuasive writing) |
| appropriate | acceptable, suitable |
| revise | to do over or fix mistakes |
| subject | who or what the sentence is all about (noun) |
| predicate | what the subject is doing (verb) |
| semicolon ; | used to join two independent phrases without a conjunction |
| colon : | used in time, after the greeting in a business letter, to introduce a list |
| insert | to put into |
| parallel structure | to keep the same verb tense throughout |
| edit | to fix mistakes |
| parts of a letter | heading-address, date greeting, Dear Sam closing, Sincerely body, paragraphs |
| plagiarism | copy |