Writing Terms & Definitions - Senior Comp

What is a transition?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• A debatable statement

• A word or phrase that acts as a bridge between ideas (additionally, for example, on the other hand, etc)

What is context?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• A debatable statement

• The ideas and circumstances around a fact or idea

What is analysis?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• The process of breaking down something to understand or prove

• The first sentence of a paragraph, previews the paragraph

What is a topic sentence?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• A debatable statement

• The first sentence of a paragraph, previews the paragraph

What is a claim?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• A debatable statement

• The first sentence of a paragraph, previews the paragraph

What is an opinion?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• A debatable statement

• The first sentence of a paragraph, previews the paragraph

What is a direct quotation (from text)?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• Words and phrases taken from the text word-for-word (or copy-pasted)

• A debatable statement

• The first sentence of a paragraph, previews the paragraph

What is a professional quotation (from authority figure on topic - ethos)?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• The words of a professional used as evidence to prove a claim

• The first sentence of a paragraph, previews the paragraph

What is a thesis statement?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• The main claim of an entire essay boiled down into one specific and arguable sentence

• The first sentence of a paragraph, previews the paragraph

What is a fact?

• A view about something not necessarily based on evidence

• A thing that is known or proved to be true

• A debatable statement

• The first sentence of a paragraph, previews the paragraph