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| thesis statement | key idea of your essay containing your belief, feeling, or opinion |
| thesis map statement | key idea of your essay and the points you will develop |
| introduction paragraph | just a taste of what is to follow! |
| conclusion paragraph | the tail of the essay, provides completion and balance |
| prewriting | the time you spend to capture your thoughts by webbing, listing, drawing, outlining |
| organizing | the time you spend asking yourself the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions |
| draft | the first go-round toward getting your organized thoughts on paper |
| edit/proofreading | finding the errors that keep the reader from getting into the message of the paper |
| publishing | the final paper; your best work! |
| revision | "re-seeing" the entire paper: what can I do better? |
| essay | a multi-paragraph paper in which you develop your own ideas, support your opinions and pesuade your reader to at least listen to what you have to say |
