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| essay | a piece of writing that gives thoughts about a subject |
| commentary | an opinion about something; insight; personal response |
| first draft | the first version of the essay |
| body paragraphs | the middle paragraphs in an essay; develop points that support thesis |
| prewrite | the process of getting concrete details down on paper before organizing the essay into paragraphs |
| weaving | blending concrete details and commentary in a body paragraph |
| thesis statement | a sentence with a subject and an opinion; comes at the end of the introduction |
| shaping | step that is done after prewriting and before first draft; an outline of the thesis, topic sentences, concrete details, and commentary |
| chunk | one sentence of concrete detail and two sentences of commentary |
| concrete details | specific details that form the backbone of the body paragraphs; facts; examples; quotations |
| concluding sentence | last sentence in a body paragraph; it gives a finished feeling to the paragraph |
| final draft | the final version of the essay |
| introduction | the first paragraph in an essay; includes the thesis |
| topic sentence | first sentence in a body paragraph; tells what the paragraph is about |
| concluding paragraph | last paragraph in the essay; gives a finished feeling to the whole essay |
