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30 Cards in this Set
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Analyze
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Correct in all details; exact
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Compare
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To note the similarities between
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Contrast
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To note the differences between
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Fact
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A statement that can be proven
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Illustrate
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To explain or make clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc.
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Infer
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deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
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Oppose
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Disapprove of and attempted to prevent, especially by argument
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Support
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Suggest the truth of; corroborate
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Prewriting
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Coming up with the idea
free writing brainstorming/cluster map Explorer – no right or wrong |
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Drafting
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Writing the rough draft
requires concentration best to find a quiet place |
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Revising
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Making big "picture" changes
may remove whole sentences may rewrite entire paragraphs adding, rearranging, removing, replacing |
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Editing/proofreading
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Different from revising
done after revising "close up" changes in sentences and words check conventions(grammar, spelling, punctuation) review word choice check sentence fluency |
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Publishing
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Produce a final copy in correct format
work on presentation(neat, legible) proper heading, font, alignment, spacing matches your purpose |
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Metaphor
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A comparison of two things that have some quality in common. It dose not contain words such as like, as, resembles, or than. It states that one thing is actually something else.
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Simile
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A comparison of two things that have some quality in common. It contains a word such as like, as, resembles, or than.
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Hyperbole
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Exaggerations that cannot be true
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Alliteration
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A repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words
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Oxymoron
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Words with opposite meanings used together
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Personification
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The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
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Anti-
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against
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Mis-
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Wrongly
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Sub-
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Under
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Trans-
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Across
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-less
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Without
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-al
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Pertaining to
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-ous
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Characterized by
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Verb
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Expresses an action or condition of a noun
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Adverb
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A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
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Thesis/statement
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The main idea of the whole essay, last sentence of the intro
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Persuasive
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Convince, win over, get someone to see, act how you think
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