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18 Cards in this Set
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Essay
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A piece of writing that gives your thoughts (commentary) about a subject. Has at least 4 paragraphs, an introduction, 2 body, and a concluding paragraph
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Introduction
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The first paragraph of a essay
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Body Paragraph
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A middle paragraph in an essay. Makes your points
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Conclusion
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Last paragraph in an essay. It sums up your ideas.
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Thesis/Claim
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This introduces what your essay is gonna be about.
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Prewriting
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The process of getting your concrete details down on paper before you make a ruff-draft.
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Concrete Details
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Specific details, not made by you, by another source. FACTS not opinons
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Commentary
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My opinion about the subject. no facts
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Topic sentence
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The first sentence of the body paragraph. Must have a subject/opinion.
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Concluding Sentence
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Last sentence in a body paragraph. This is all Commentary. Don´t repeat key words.
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Shaping the essay
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Basically a rough draft
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First draft
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rough draft
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Final Draft
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The done version of the essay
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Peer Response
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Written reply of others who have read the paper
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Chunk
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One sentence of concrete detail and 2 of commentary
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Weaving
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Bending the paragraphs so it won´t be sudden change
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Ratio
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1 concrete detail to 2 commentary
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Word counts
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The minimum sentences per paragraph to earn a ¨C¨
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