Authors Purpose and Craft

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A group of words with a subject and a verb that modifies the main independent clause to which it is joined; also called a subordinate clause.

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Dependent Clause

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A stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling.

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Editing

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An incorrect sentence structure that occurs when a sentence is incomplete because it is missing a subject or a predicate.

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Fragment

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Picture or other image within a text.

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Graphic Feature

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A group of words containing a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete sentence; also called a main clause.

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Independent Clause

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Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, and tone.

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Key Idea

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The pattern an author constructs as they organize their ideas and provide supporting details. Examples include cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and order of importance.

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Organizational Pattern

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A stage in the writing process when a text is examined holistically, and changes are made to improve the focus, content, organization, sentence structure, and word choice.

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Revising

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A clause containing a subject and a verb that modifies a main or independent clause but cannot stand alone; also called a dependent clause.

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Subordinate Clause

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A conjunction that introduces a dependent clause and connects it to an independent clause, showing the relationship between two ideas in a sentence.

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Subordinating Conjunction