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13 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Thesis Statement
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the last sentence in the introduction that tells the reader specifically what the essay is about.
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Topic Sentence
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The first sentence of a body paragraph that identifies the main idea of that paragraph
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Primary Support Sentence
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A main supporting sentence that gives more information on the topic of that paragraph
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Secondary Support Sentence
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Gives more support to the Primary Support Sentence usually through more detail, an example, or explanation
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Introduction
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The opening paragraph of an essay that gains the readers interest and tells the reader what the essay is about
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Attention Getter
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Grabs the reader's interest in the introduction
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Conclusion
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Last paragaph in an essay that restates the topic
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Transition
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Words that help an essay flow by moving from one topic to another or connecting the ideas
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Content
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Domain of writing that deals with the central idea, elaboration, unity, and organization of an essay
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Sentence Formation
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Domain of writing that deals with the completeness, standard word order, and embedding of sentences
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Style
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Domain of writing that deals with selected vocabulary and information, sentence variety, tone, and voice in an essay
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Usage
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Domain of writing that deals with standard inflections, agreement, word meaning, and conventions
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Mechanics
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Domain of writing that deals with capitalization, punctuation, formatting, and spelling
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