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Literature essays mi

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6 steps of writing   prewrite,plan,write,cool,revise,edit  
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prewriting steps   brainstorming,free writing,asking questions,clustering  
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why is it important to be aware of your writing context when composing a document   writers goal,readers need,discipline,nature  
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the size of a pargraph doesnt matter....   as long as the main topic is conveyed  
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supporting topic sentences include   personal experience,examples,facts,opinions,statistics,testimony  
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topic sentence   expresses main point of a paragraph and conveys s a controling idea about that point  
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slang can be used   depending on who it is your talking to and the message being conveyed  
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a controlling idea reflects   critical thinking, close observation, and analasys  
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a paragraph is...   is a group of sentences where a main idea is conveyed  
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topic sentence examples   my experiences during the first year of college! what the first year of college can mean to you.Be more precise in my answers  
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for a paragraph to be effective the topic sentence and controlling idea must be supported by   facts,statistics,testimony,personal experience, and observations  
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Topic sentence example layout   the chemistry building must be renovated if the college wants to compete with other universities  
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facts (example)   building never renovated since it opened in 1967 newest computer is three years old  
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statistics (example)   45% of equipment is obsolete by national standards 50% of premed students transfer in sophmore year  
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testimony (example)   chemistry professors complaints to the dean  
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personal experience (example)   students inability to conduct experiments (you have experienced this)  
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observations (example)   number of students seen waiting to use equipment (your watching this)  
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A description...   presents facts, images, and impressions of people , events, things and ideas  
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descriptions use   sensory data.. what we see, hear, taste, touch, feel or smell to record impressions  
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objective description   accurate, verified record of factual details  
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subjective description   feelings,personal observations to create mood or feeling (personal letter,blog,essay)  
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Blended description   objective facts and subjective impressions (popular books, magazines)  
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rhetor   orator or speaker  
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rhetoric   skills , tools, or styles adopted by speaker in order to effectively persuade an audience  
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rhetorical modes   narration,description,definition,cause/effect  
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synethesia   where one sense is percieved with another  
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Narration   tells a story or explains a chain of events  
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Objective narration   presents facts to create an accurate timeline of events (example- medical history,police reports,accident, or injury)  
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subjective narration   writers impressions,feelings,insights,points of view (personal essays)  
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the major distinction between rhetorical modes of description and narration?   conflict  
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Definition   limits or explains meaning of idea  
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Descriptions   provide details of single person place or thing  
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definitions   establish personality type,type of place, or class of things  
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Standard definition   universally accepted, rarely change (example- tibia, right angle, aluminum)  
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regulatory definition   policy to make decisions, subject to change( ca's definition of DUI)  
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qualifying definition   subject to interpetation, limits meaning of word (obesity, a genius, alchoholism  
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personal definition   writers interpetations of values or concepts (example friendship, a good teacher)  
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invented definition   new or newly recognized behaviour,object,technology,social trend(example- hacking, flash mob, big box store, chillaxing)  
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4 methods of definition   synonyms,caprisons,descriptions,impressions  
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comparison/contrast   is another rhetorical mode that we use to organize our writing and make it persuasive and effective  
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comparison   shows how two topics are alike  
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contrast   shows how two topics are different  
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comparison and contrast are used for what purposes?   differences between two subjects,reccomend choice between subjects,to show something has changed over time creating a before and after view, to prevent a prsent vs future comparison, to contrast advantages and disadvatnages of a single subject  
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compare and contrast paragraph styles   subject by subject (example- all information about 1st topic, all information second topic) point by point (example-choose 7 key elemnts then write about how the two topics relate to each element)  
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MLA format   Modern Language Association's format in citations and bibliographies and such. It is important to use to make sure that credit is being given where credit is due and so that everybody's citations are in the same format.  
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MLA documentation consist of   citations and works cited list  
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work cited   found at end of paper, systematically and alphabetically every source mentioned in paper  
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in text citation   everytime you quote or paraphrase another persons work "I am the best cook ever"(Doyle 65).  
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a sentence   group of words that contain a verb ,subject, and complete a thought (example- should we call a cab? the bus arrives at noon)  
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a subject   is the actor or main topic that explains what the sentence is about (example- TANYA drives a school bus, TANYA AND ERIC drive school buses,DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS requires skill)  
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verbs   express action,link ideas, or help other verbs (  
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action verbs show what the subject is doing   (example- we REJECTED the directors proposal, the doctor EXAMINED the x-rays)  
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Gerunds   ing verbs that act as nouns that can be used as subjects (example- SWIMMING is fun,SMOKING is unhealthy,HIKING is fun)  
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Nouns   names of people,places,ideas,or things  
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count nouns   refer to things that might be singular or plural( Singular-car,woman/plural-cars,women)  
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pronouns   take the place of a noun and can be the subject of a sentence (noun-doctor,students,computer/pronoun-he or she,they,it)  
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singular nouns take singular pronouns   any STUDENT should try HIS OR HER best  
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Plural nouns take plural pronouns   all STUDENTS should try THEIR best  
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fragments   are incomplete sentences, they lack a subject, a complete verb, or fail to express a complete thought.  
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Fused Sentence   joining 2 independent clauses without any punctuations (example- i quit smoking cigarettes are expensive)  
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comma splice   using only a comma to join 2 independent clauses (example-ilike coffee,he likes tea)  
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run ons   incorrectly punctuated compound sentences(example-she begged no one cared/she begged,but no one cared)  
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run ons can be fixed by   connecting sentences with a comma and a conjunction (and,or,nor,yet,but,so far) Place a period between sentences,reword the sentence  
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adjectives   are words and phrases that describes nouns and pronouns (a NEW shirt, he was TALL, a UNIQUE OLD car)  
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adverbs   are words and phrases that describe verbs,adjectives, and other adverbs. they generally end in -ly  
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