ELA 9 Academic Vocabulary

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Ancedote

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short and amusing story about a personal experience

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Voice

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the element of individuality each writer brings to his or her own papers that makes it sound unique

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Topic Sentence

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a sentence that expresses the main idea of a paragraph

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Thesis

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one sentence in an essay that shows the main argument of the paper

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Transition

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word or phrase that moves one idea smoothly into the next with a logical order

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What is a subordinate conjunction?

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a word that connects ideas, words, or phrases

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What is a research paper?

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a paper using outside sources to prove research

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What is composition structure?

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the organizational structure of your paper

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A topic sentence is...

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sentence that starts each paragraph

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A thesis is...

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the sentence that shows your argument