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Chapter 5
Writing Process
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| writing process | consists of prewriting/brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing/proofreading |
| topic | what the essay is supposed to be about |
| purpose | why you are writing the paper |
| audience | who you are writing for, or who will be reading your paper |
| prewriting | is what you do before you actually draft your paper |
| rainstorming | to think about your topic and make lists of ideas, words, or phrases that come to mind |
| clustering | a diagram consisting of bubbles, where in you begin with your topic and other ideas stem from the central topic |
| outline | a type of blueprint for your essay, in which you arrange ideas in the order they will appear in your essay |
| drafting | your first writing sample, where you should not worry about mistakes, only write your paper as it comes to you |
| introduction | the first paragraph of an essay that introduces the main idea and states the thesis of the paper |
| thesis | the central idea for the entire essay |
| topic sentence | a sentence that states the topic of each body paragraph |
| body | the middle paragraphs that follow the introduction and come before the conclusion |
| conclusion | the final paragraph where in you summarize the body of your paper, restate the main ideas, and form any concluding thoughts |
| supporting details | includes explanations, facts, ideas, or anything else that can help you support your thesis and make your point. |
| closing sentences | included in the conclusion of the paper, these sentences seek to link ideas together by giving readers something to think about or act on |
| chronological order | presenting events in the order in which they occur |
| spatial order | is used in descriptive writing because you can arrange your ideas by how you actually see something |
| parallel construction | a way of joining similar ideas and giving them emphasis thought repetition |
| revising | looking at your draft, making changes, and improving it. |
| tone | the writer's attitude or feeling toward the topic |
| mood | the feeling the reader gets from the piece of writing |
| writing style | incorporates the writer's voice - or individual personality |
| literary devices | figures of speech that use on-literal language |
| imagery | using sensory details in writing |
| analogy | a comparison between two things or ideas |
| irony | a device in which words are clearly different from what is actually meant or actions are different from what is expected |
| euphemism | using mild words, isntead of possibly offensive words, to describe something |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration to create an effect |
| rhetorical question | a question asked to make a point, not to receive an answer |
| sentence variety | means writing sentences of different kinds and lengths to make your writing morei nteresting |
| proofreading | also called editing, this means you share what you have written with others and ask for their thoughts on how you can improve, also, when you go through your paper and correct any grammatical errors, etc. |
| expository | a type of writing meant to explain a topic |
| persuasive | a type of writing that seeks to influence a reader to share your point of view |
| a claim | this is a step in persuasive writing. this is the statement of your position on a particular issue |
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