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English
6th Grade
01/18/2013

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Purpose
Definition
Reason for writing.
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Audience
Definition
People who share your interest in the topic but do not already know a great deal about it (classmates and teachers)
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Non-fiction
Definition
Based on fact.
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Language used
Definition
Do not use words such as: I, me, my, mine, we, and our - do not state opinion without supporting them with facts - do not use slang, informal language, or contractions.
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Title page
Definition
Tells the title of the book, author's name, and publisher's name and city.
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Copyright page
Definition
Tells the year the book was published.
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Preface
Definition
May tell what the book is about, why it was written, and how to use it.
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Topic sentence
Definition
Introduce the main idea of the article/paper (ours will be "explaining a general concept by means of specific examples: The purpose of this paper is to explain that Brazil is a wonderful place for culture, places of interest, and geographical setting.)
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Thesis
Definition
Tells the reader the topic of a piece of writing the main points the writer will make about the topic.
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Body
Definition
Includes just enough important facts to support of explain the main idea. As much as possible, use you own words and phrases to share these facts.
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Closing sentence
Definition
Restate the main idea of the summary in a different way.
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Works - cited
Definition
Bibliography/ sources that you used sources that you used in your report.
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Primary souces
Definition
Original sources that give you firsthand information.
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Secondary sources
Definition
Contain information that has been gathered by someone else.
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Key Word
Definition
A word related to your topic.
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Paraphrase
Definition
Write the ideas in your own words.
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Plagiarizing
Definition
Stealing another writer's work as your own, either intentionally or unitentionally.
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Direct Quotation
Definition
Repeats the words of a source exactly, quotation marks are used around the quoted material.
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Summary
Definition
Shortened statement of an idea in a source, it says the same thing in fewer and different words.
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Signal Phrase
Definition
Indicates something is taken from the source (a quotation, summary, paraphase, or fact) and is about to be used, usually includes the author's name Help readers located the source in the Works Cited list at the end of your report.
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Parenthetical reference
Definition
Comes after the cited material, includes the author's last name and a page number) Help readers located the source in the Works Cited list at the end of your report.
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Outline
Definition
Plan for your report, how you will group the information you have gathered together and the order in which you will present the information.
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Multimedia presentation
Definition
Computer generated slides with graphics and sound effects (extras that make important points of your presentation clearer and more interesting)
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Story board
Definition
"Map" of the slides you plan to use in your presentation (the design of your slides)
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