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10 Cards in this Set
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something that can be proven true by concrete information
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FACT
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expresses a personal belief or attitude, so it cannot be proven true or false
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OPINION
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a type of summary in which you restate an author's ideas in your own words
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PARAPHRASING
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is the focus or key point in a piece of writing
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MAIN IDEA
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support or explain the main idea
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SUPPORTING DETAILS
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direct, plainly expressed meaning of a word (the meaning a dictionary lists)
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DENOTATION
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is the meaning suggested by or associated with the word
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CONNOTATION
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is a tired/overused expression
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CLICHE
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to take another person's idea or work and present it as your own
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PLAGIARISM
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an explicit main idea; one sentence in your introduction that tells what your essay is about
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THESIS STATEMENT
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