Analytical Writing Terms
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- Peer Response
- Written responses and reactions to a partner's paper.
- Weaving
- Blending concrete details and commentary in a body paragraph. You can do this after you master the format.
- Thesis
- A sentence with a subject and opinion. This comes somewhere in your introductory paragraph and most often at the end.
- First draft
- The first version of your essay
- Concluding Sentence
- The last sentence in a body paragraph. It is all commentary, does not repeat key words, and gives a finished feeling to the paragraph.
- Introduction
- The first paragraph in an essay. It includes the tesis most often at the end
- Pre-Writing
- The process of getting your concrete details down on paper before you organize your essay into paragraphs.
- Claim
- The first sentence in a body paragraph. This must have a subject and opinion for the paragraph. It does the same thing for a body paragraph that the thesis does for the whole essay.
- Essay
- A piece of writing that gives your thoughts (commentary) about a subject. All essays you will write in this unit will have at least 4 paragraphs: an introduction, 2 body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
- Concrete Details
- Specific details that form the backbone or core of your body paragraphs. Synonyms for concrete detail include facts, specifics, examples, description, illustrations, support, proof, evidence, quotations, paraphrasing, or plot references
- Final Draft
- The final version of your essay.
- Body Paragraph
- A middle paragraph in an essay. It develops a point you want to make that supports your thesis.
- Commentary
- Your opinion or comment about something; not concrete detail. Synonyms include opinion, insight, analysis, interpretation, inference, personal response, feelings, evaluation, explication, and reflection
- Concluding Paragraph
- The last paragraph in your essay. It sums up your ideas, reflect on what you said in your essay, say more commentary about your subject, or give a personal statement about the subject. The conclusion is all commentary and does not repeat key words from your paper and especially not from your thesis and introductory paragraph. It gives a finished feeling to your whole essay.
- Shaping the essay
- The step that is done after prewriting and before the first draft of an essay; it is an outline of your thesis, topic sentences, concrete details, and commentary ideas
- Ratio
- The ratio of 1 part concrete detail to 2+ parts commetary.
- Chunk
- One sentence of concrete detail and 2 sentences of commentary. It is the smallest unified group of thoughts that you can write.
- Word Counts
- THe minimum length per paragraph to earn a "C"