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Topic sentence - tells what the paragraph is about |
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Thesis sentence - tells what the essay is about |
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General - a category (too broad a topic) |
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Narrowed topic - part of a category or part of a broad
topic |
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Sensory detail - detail which appeals to the senses |
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Image - a mental picture created through sensory detail |
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Denotation - the dictionary meaning of a word |
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Connotation - the emotional response to a word or words |
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Concrete - experienced through the senses |
10. |
Abstract - referring to a principle, an idea, a standard,
or a concept |
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Pronoun - replaces a noun |
12. |
Antecedent - the noun that was replaced by the pronoun |
13. |
Purpose - what you plan to accomplish with your paper |
14. |
Audience - the person or group addressed by the essay |
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Person - used to indicate the action of the pronoun: |
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1st person: the person speaking or writing (I and we) |
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2nd person: the person spoken or written to (you) |
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3rd person: the person spoken or written about (he, she, it, they) |
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Idiom - word(s) with an alternative meaning; cannot tell
meaningby the words used; not literal. |
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Cliche - a trite, overused expression |
18. |
Euphemism - a nice way of saying something considered
unpleasant |
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Specific detail - an exact descriptive word |