| A | B |
|---|
| prewriting | First step of writing process |
| first draft | Putting ideas into sentences and paragraphs |
| evaluating | Thinking about what you have written |
| revising | making changes to improve your writing |
| proofreading | Correcting errors in grammar, usage, mechanics |
| Final copy | Paper is ready for evaluation and publishing |
| narrative writing | Writing to tell a story |
| descriptive writing | Writing to describe |
| expository writing | Writing to explain |
| persuasive writing | Writing to persuade |
| subject | Broad area of knowledge |
| topic | A limited, more specific subject. |
| brainstorming | Gathering ideas by making a list |
| clustering | Gather ideas by arranging them in groups or clusters |
| paragraph | Group of sentences that presents one main idea about a topic |
| Clincher sentence | Concluding sentence that restates main idea of paragraph |
| verb | Simple predicate |
| sentence | group of words expressing a complete thought |
| subject | Part of the sentence about which something is being said |
| fragment | A separated part of a sentence that does not express a complete thought |
| declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement |
| imperative sentence | A sentence that gives a command |
| interrogative sentence | A sentence that asks a question |
| exclamatory sentence | A seentence that expresses strong feelings |
