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Clouse: Jumpstart
Jumpstart!: A Workbook for Writers, 2/e
Barbara Fine Clouse
Writing an Essay

Glossary


essay  a paper with a thesis; typical college essays consist of an introduction, paragraphs that offer support to the thesis, and a conclusion
thesis  the main idea of an essay; the point of a piece of writing; an assertion








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