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revising, 360
sample, 361–363
tense, 451. See also names of specific tenses
term paper, 402. See also research paper
test questions, brief responses to, 365, 370
theme. See also multi-paragraph paper
defined, 451
four-paragraph, 23
literary analysis, 233
six-paragraph, 23
three-paragraph, 23
two-paragraph, 23
thesaurus, defined, 451
thesis sentence
in analogies, 53–54
beginning with, 81
in biography introduction, 153
checking, 33–34
for classification, 68
in classification papers, 70–71
in comparison-and-contrast papers,
75,80
defined, 451
in definition papers, 86
in descriptive papers, 90
developing for description, 93
essay question responses, 192
in opinion papers, 105–106
analysis of authors, 227
in outlines, 277, 306
overview, 24–25
placement of, 22–23
process analysis, 121
in research paper, 295
thesis statement. See thesis sentence
third-person point of view
character sketch, 169
literary analysis, 232
thought-provoking topic, 130
thoughts, gathering
brainstorming, 6
discussion, 5
experiences, daily, 7
journal writing, 5–6
list making, 6
organizers, graphic, 6–7
overview, 4
reading, 4–5
reflection, personal, 5subtopics
literary analysis, 237–238
selecting, 18–19
summary. See also précis
defined, 450
paraphrase versus, 284
synopsis versus, 371
super, defined, 357
superlative degree, 418, 450
supporting argument, 111, 113
supporting details
in descriptive papers, 93
editorial letters, 218–219
in opinion papers, 104–106
in writing paragraphs, 18, 20
surveying, 274
syllabify, defined, 450
symbol, defined, 450
symbolism, 235
synopsis
book report, 160
characteristics of, 372
defined, 284, 450
overview, 372
preparing, 373
prewriting, 372
proofreading, 373
revising, 373
sample, 373–374
summary versus, 372
systematic approach, 246
tables, technical report, 380
technical details, 207, 346
technical report
characteristics of, 375–376
overview, 375, 376
prewriting, 376–378
proofreading, 382
revising, 379–382
sample, 382–401
writing, 378–379
television script
adding video, 360
characteristics of, 356–358
developing audio script, 359–360
overview, 356, 358
prewriting, 358–359
proofreading, 361