Academic Writing

Types of elaboration techniques would include...

• Definitions, statistics, and facts

• Opinions

• Examples and concrete details from experts

• Personal stories

The elaboration of your evidence must be connected to...

• the hook

• thesis and topic sentence

• concluding remarks

• the evidence

What does a quality conclusion include?

• new evidence

• Transition and thesis restatement

• Summary

• Transition, thesis restatement, and summary of evidence

Which of these is acceptable in academic writing?

• Last but not least

• Take for example

• In addition to

• Moving on to

_____________ comes at the end of the introduction paragraph and expresses the main idea or purposes of an essay. 

• Conclusion

• Topic sentence

• Thesis statement

• Introduction

make up the main section of an essay where all key ideas and supporting detais are presented.

• Body paragraphs

• Transitions

• Details

• Supporting details

is the first paragraph in an essay and introduces the topic and gives general information about the topic.

• Conclusion

• Background

• Transitions

• Introduction

When the writer thinks about the topic, making a list, or a thinking map, s/he is in _____________ stage. 

• Editing

• Pre-writing

• Publishing

• Drafting

When the writer removes unnecessary information, moves information in logical order, or adds details the readers need to know, s/he is in __________ stage. 

• Editing

• Pre-writing

• Revising

• Drafting

When the writer releases his/her written work to public to be viewed by others, s/he is in __________ stage. 

• Editing

• Pre-writing

• Revising

• Publishing