General Writing Terms
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| Syntax | way in which a sentence is structured
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| Review/Edit | read draft in different orders
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| Conversational | dialect of spoken conversations
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| Clincher Sentence | the last sentence in which it connects the supporting details to the topic sentence and brings the paragraph to a close
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| Form | format used to publish the writing
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| Audience | person or group the writing piece is intended for
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| Voice | diction and syntax a writer chooses to represent his or her thoughts/perspective on a given topic
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| Informal | used primarily to explore ideas or communicate casually with friends and acquaintances
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| Verse | structuring writing in stanza formation
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| Prewriting | collecting ideas on graphic organizers, lists, observations, free-writes, and outlines
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| Connotation | implied meaning or intension of a term
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| Code-Shifting | moving between languages to speak and write for the intended audience
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| Supporting Sentences | uses sensory details, facts, and/or examples
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| Fact | thing that is known to be indisputable
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| Revise | tightens the syntax of the sentence
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| Opinion | a view or judgement formed about something
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| Topic | subject matter and focus of the writing piece
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| Draft | write out the topic in paragraphs with an organized strategy
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| Style | the arrangement of sentences, phrases, words, and punctuation for a particular purpose in writing
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| Formal | intended to be evaluated by someone who expects academic or businesslike argument and presentation
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| Fluency | the way individual words and phrases sound together within a sentence
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| Prose | writing that uses traditional paragraph formation such as essays, narratives, expository, and persuasive writing
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| Diction | word choice and style for a particular purpose
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| Denotation | the literal or primary meaning of a word- the words dictionary definition
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| Topic Sentence | where the main idea is represented in the paragraph
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| Publish | how your writing piece gets to the audience
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