Glossary
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audience |
the intended readers of a text
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| claim |
thesis or main point, especially in persuasive writing
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| cluster |
an invention technique; a way of mapping thoughts
about a topic showing how the ideas are connected. The
map
suggests an organizational pattern for main ideas and
supporting details
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| coherence |
logically connected sense that holds parts of a text
together
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| conventions |
rules of standard English usage, capitalization, punctuation,
paragraphing, and spelling
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| craft |
choices an author/poet makes when writing a text (e.g.,
organizational pattern, style, vocabulary, images, symbols,
point of view, audience)
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| drafts |
versions of a text
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| edit |
polishing a text to make it optimally readable; checking
organization, style, voice...
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| expository |
writing that explains an idea and informs the reader
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| foreshadowing |
giving hints or clues of what might happen subsequently
in the text
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| form |
organization of specific types of writing within
a general category of purpose/mode (e.g., if the form
is editorial, then purpose/mode is persuasive or possibly
expository; if the form is clinical trial, then purpose/mode
is expository)
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| format |
refers to layout or visual presentation of text
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| free writing |
an invention technique; it involves drafting quickly,
without stopping, without editing, or self-correcting
to discover what you know, think, or feel
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| interpretive community |
the interpretive consensus whereby readers share
meaning
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| intertextuality |
past experience of content, form, genre, voice and
style that readers bring to any new text
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| lede |
The start of a piece of writing. It is spelled this
way to prevent confusion with lead, the metal that was
used extensively in hot-type days, and a term that refers
to the spacing of lines in a printed text
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| mode |
type of writing determined by the writer's purpose
(e.g., If your purpose is to explain, then the
mode is expository.); often used interchangeably with
purpose
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| narrative |
presentation of a series of events in a purposeful
sequence, either fictional or factual
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| organizer |
frameworks, maps, outlines, grids, or diagrams used
to put thoughts in order
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| parallel structure |
the repeating of phrases and sentences that are syntactically
similar (e.g., phrases all starting with verbs, same
tense)
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| paraphrase |
restating the meaning in own words, retaining all
of the ideas without making an interpretation or evaluation
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| person |
point of view; the perspective from which the writer
writes (e.g., first person, third person)
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| persuasive |
writing that convinces the designated audience to
support a point of view, make a decision, or take an
action
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| "prewriting” |
the thinking and planning the writer does before
drafting, which includes considering the topic, audience,
and purpose; gathering information; choosing a form;
determining the role of the writer; and making a plan
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| proof |
preparing writing for pubication and or dissemination
by checking spelling, punctuation, capitalization, usage,
paragraph
indentation,
neatness, and legibility
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| revise/revision |
the process of reworking or re-seeing writing, which
includes: considering changes in audience, purpose,
focus, organization, style; elaborating, emphasizing,
clarifying, or simplifying text (adding, deleting, reordering,
or substituting)
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| rhetorical question |
a question where an answer is not expected; often
used to involve the audience and create interest
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| story frame |
a graphic organizer used to plan the development
of a text or visual/multi-media presentation
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| summarize |
condense the main points using as few words as possible
and written in own words
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| syntax |
the way words, phrases, and clauses are combined
to form sentence order (e.g., in English, subject – verb – object
is a common pattern.)
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| synthesize |
the pulling together of ideas or information to develop
a common framework for understanding or to create a
new idea; writers synthesize when they create, imagine,
or combine ideas
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| technical writing |
type of expository writing (or sometimes persuasive
writing) most often used to convey information (or to
convince others) for technical or business purposes
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| transitions |
words or phrases that help make smooth connections
between parts of a text
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| voice |
writing that captures the correct level of distance,
formality, or personality for the purpose of the writing
and the audience
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| word web |
a graphic organizer, created to gather and connect
facts, ideas, concepts, and/or words
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