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Writing Terms

Question 1

An organizational structure of text in which there is a description or events and their causes or consequences.

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What is – cause and effect?

Question 2

The accepted rules of written andspoken language.

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What is – conventions ?

Question 3

A combination of words that is not strictly in accordance with grammaticalrules and often possesses a meaningother that its grammatical or logicalone.

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What is – an idiom ?

Question 4

A method used in speaking or writing to get an audience to agree with thespeaker or writer’s point of view.

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What is – persuasive technique ?

Question 5

The basic argument advanced by aspeaker or writer who then attemptsto prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition.

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What is – thesis ?

Question 6

An organizational structure of text in which events are placed in the orderthey occur in time.

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What is – chronological ?

Question 7

A reference, explanation, or commentusually placed below the text on aprinted page .

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What is – a definitional footnote ?

Question 8

The gist of a passage; the centralthought; the chief topic of apassage expressed or implied in aword or phrase; the topic sentence ofa paragraph.

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What is – the main idea ?

Question 9

The initial creative stage of writing, prior to drafting, in which a writerformulates ideas, gathers information,and considers ways to organize them.

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What is – pre-writing ?

Question 10

The general category of class of ideas,often stated in a word or phrase, to which the ideas of a passage as awhole belong.

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What is – topic ?

Question 11

An organizational structure of text in which a description of similaritiesand differences among two or morethings occurs

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What is – comparison & contrast ?

Question 12

The literal or “dictionary” meaningof a word .

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What is – denotation ?

Question 13

One of the four traditional forms ofcomposition in speech and writingthat moves the reader by argumentor entreaty to a belief or position.

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What is –persuasive?

Question 14

An organizational structure of text that is similar to cause and effect, exceptthat outcomes are a result or solutionor a perceived need or problem .

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What is – problem-solution ?

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A sentence intended to express the main idea in a paragraph or passage .

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What is – a topic sentence ?

Question 16

One of the four traditional forms ofcomposition in speech and writingthat gives a verbal picture of acharacter and an event, including thesetting in which they occur.

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What is – imagery ?

Question 17

Choice of words in writing or speaking; clarity and distinctivenessof pronunciation .

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What is – diction ?

Question 18

The stage of the writing process inwhich one considers and improvesthe meaning and underlying structure of a written draft.

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What is – revision ?

Question 19

Words and phrases that help explainrelationships between sentences andallow a reader or writer to move fromone idea to another .

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What is – transitions ?

Question 20

A spoken or written composition,intending to set forth or explain.

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What is – expository ?

Question 21

The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or of a character in a book .

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What is – voice ?

Question 22

A step in preparing a written work forpublication or review that focuses onclarity and correctness.

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What is – editing ?

Question 23

A method used in writing or speakingin which language is used to influenceor persuade an audience.

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What is – a rhetorical device ?

Question 24

The quality of a piece of writing in which the ideas are clearly arranged soa reader can follow the progressionfrom one idea to the next.

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What is – coherence ?

Question 25

The center or interest or attention;in writing, the central idea.

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What is – focus ?

Final Jeopardy

To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one’s own; touse another’s production withoutcrediting the source.

Final Jeopardy Answer

What is – plagiarism ?