| assertion | a claim; in writing, a point or thesis
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| brainstorming | a prewriting technique: making a list of details and ideas related to your subject
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| clustering | a (visual) prewriting technique: using lines, boxes, arrows and circles to show relationships among ideas and details that occur to you; also called diagramming or mapping
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| coherence | one of the four bases of good writing: the quality that results from organizing and connecting the specific evidence that supports your point
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| diagramming | a (visual) prewriting technique: using lines, boxes, arrows and circles to show relationships among ideas and details that occur to you; also called clustering or mapping
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| drafting | a stage of the writing process: roughing out a first version of a piece of writing
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| editing | a stage of the writing process: carefully re-reading a near-finished draft, checking for errors of grammar, style, spelling, punctuation, and format
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| freewriting | a prewriting technique: jotting down, in rough sentences, words, phrases, everything that comes to mind about a possible topic
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| mapping | a (visual) prewriting technique: using lines, boxes, arrows and circles to show relationships among ideas and details that occur to you; also called clustering or diagramming
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| paragraph | a short piece of writing of around 150 to 200 words
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| point | the main idea of a piece of writing; an assertion; a thesis
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| prewriting | first stage of the writing process: techniques that help writers think about and develop a topic and get words on paper; also known as idea generation
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| proofreading | a stage of the writing process: carefully re-reading the near-finished draft, checking for errors of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and format
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| questioning | a prewriting technique: coming up with ideas and details by asking questions about your subject
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| revising | a stage of the writing process: re-thinking and re-writing draft versions of a piece of writing in order to make it stronger
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| scratch outline | a prewriting technique: a plan or a blueprint of your writing, which puts the main point and supporting details in a logical order
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| sentence skills | one of the four bases of good writing: the ability to write clear, error-free sentences
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| support | one of the four bases of good writing: specific reasons, details, or evidence that supports your thesis or point
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| topic sentence | the main point or assertion of a paragraph
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| unity | one of the four bases of good writing: the quality that results from advancing a single point and sticking to that point
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