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13 Cards in this Set
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Brainstorming
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Thinking of ideas for writing. Also called prewriting or planning.
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Draft
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Putting your ideas into sentences and paragraphs.
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Revising
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Adding details, organizing, and clarifying your writing.
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Sentence
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A complete idea with a subject and predicate. For example: The dog chased the cat through the house.
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Fragment
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In incomplete idea expressed in writing. For example: "The big dog is," or "red popsicles."
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Editing
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Checking your writing using CUPS. Also called proofreading.
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CUPS
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C= Capitalization
U= Usage (did I use the right words?) P= Punctuation S= Spelling |
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Publishing
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Writing or typing your final written piece.
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Plan
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Used to organize your ideas for writing. There are many different plans to use.
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Paragraph
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A group of 5 to 8 sentences with a topic sentence, details, explanations, transition words, and a conclusion sentence.
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Topic Sentence
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The first sentence of a paragraph. It lets your reader know what your paragraph is about.
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Transition words
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Words that signal to your reader that you are introducing a new idea. For example, "first," "second," "next," "then," and "finally."
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Conclusion sentence
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The last sentence in the paragraph. It wraps up all the information you wrote about.
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