Jane Schaffer Essay Format – Flashcards

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Essay
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A piece of writing that gives your thoughts about a subject. Should have four paragraphs; a introduction, two body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
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Introduction (introductory paragraph)
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The first paragraph of your essay. Should have a thesis, most often at the end.
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Body paragraph
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Middle paragraph in your essay. It develops the point you want to make and supports your thesis.
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Concluding paragraph (conclusion)
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The last paragraph of your essay. Should some up all of your ideas or give a personal statement about your subject.
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Thesis
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A sentence with a subject or opinion.
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Pre-writing
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The process of getting your concrete details down onto paper before you organize your essay into paragraphs.
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Concrete detail (CD)
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Specific details that form a core of your body paragraphs.
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Commentary (CM)
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Your opinion or comment about something; not the concrete detail.
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Topic sentence (TS)
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First sentence in your body paragraph; best must have a subject and opinion.
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Concluding sentence (CS)
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Last sentence in your body paragraph; it is all commentary
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Sharpening the essay
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This stuff is done after the pre-writing and before the final draft of an essay, it should outline the parts of your essay
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First draft
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First version of you essay
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Final draft
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Final version of you essay
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Peer response
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Written responses and reactions to a partners paper
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Chunk
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One sentence of concrete detail and two sentences of commentary
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Ratio
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The ratio of one part concrete detail and 2+ parts of commentary
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Word counts
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The minimum length per pair back to you earn a C
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