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17 Cards in this Set
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Most general statement in an essay? |
The thesis statement |
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Most general statement in a paragraph? |
Topic sentence |
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3 parts of a thesis statement? |
Topic. Direction. Previewed points. |
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How to gather ideas for a thesis statement? |
Brainstorm or free write for ideas. Then cluster like ideas. |
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Coordinate |
All the sentences have relate to and are of equal value |
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Subordinate |
All of the examples must be under the main topic but also related. |
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Types of parallel grammatical structure |
Nouns, verbs, phrases, or clauses. All the preview points must be in one of these forms. |
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Overlap |
2 Coordinate ideas have primarily the same meaning. |
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Order's of thesis points |
·Increasing importance ·Decreasing importance. ·2nd important first and most important last ·Increasing interest ·Chronological ·Sequential progression |
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A fragment is missing?? |
Either a main subject or a main verb |
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How do you identify a run-on? |
2 complete sentences put together without punctuation. |
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Join 2 sentences with Fanboy method |
Place a comma after a (for and nor but or yet so) conjunction where the 2 complete thoughts are separated. |
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Mitt of China sentence joining |
Place a semi colon, followed by a conjunctive adverb, then a comma where the two thoughts are separated |
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Purpose of examples |
To clarify, add credibility, and illustrate a point to the reader. |
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4 sources of examples |
1: personal experience 2: personal observations of others 3: short stories, novels, TV, & movies 4: facts, statistics, or reports from an authoritative source. |
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Extended example |
One person, one experience, one significant incidence that provides the support for the topic throughout the paper. |
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Short interrelated exanples |
Many shorter examples all supporting the topic. |
