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definitions to know
language arts
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Biology
6th Grade
01/29/2013

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purpose
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reason for writing
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audience
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people that share your interest but also dont know a great deal about the topic
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non-fiction
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based on fact
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language used
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dont use words such as i, me, my, mine, we and our- dont state opinions without supporting it, dont use slang language
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title page
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tells the title of a book, authors name, pubishers name and city
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copyright page
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tells the year the book was pubished
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preface
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may tell what the book is about, y it was written and how to use it
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topic sentence
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introduces the main idea of the article or paper
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thesis
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tells the reader the topic of the piece of writingthe main points aobout the topicthe writer will make
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body
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includes just enough important facts to support or explain the main idea
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closing sentence
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restate the main idea in asummary in your own words
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works-cited
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bibliograghy/sources that u used
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primary sources
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original sources
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secondary sources
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contains information that has been gathered by someone else
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search engine
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web site that allows u to hunt down info
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paraphrase
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write the ideas in your own words
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plagiarizing
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copying down word for word (which is not allowed)
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direct quotation
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repeats the word of a source exactly
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summary
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shortened staement
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signal phraze
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indicats something is going to be taken from the source
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parenthetical refrence
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comes after the cited material includes authors last name and page #
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outline
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plan for report
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coneptual map
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way to orginize info
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multimedia presentation
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computer generated slides with graphics and sound effects
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story board
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map of the slides u plan to use in your presentation
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