| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Harassed | annoy continually; to create an unpleasant or hostile situation by one's verbal or physical actions. |
| Depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; Sink or lower position |
| lasso | a long noosed rope used to catch animals |
| consumed | to spend wastefully; to eat up; destroy |
| Sculpt | to make by carving, chiseling or molding; |
| Maneuver | a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill |
| prewriting | the first stage of the writing process; includes freewriting, clustering, and brainstorming |
| drafting | Second step in the writing process; the writer develops a complete first draft (introduction, body and conclusion) |
| revising | the third stage of the writing process; to add, to cut or rewrite information |
| Proofreading | to make changes in capitalization, spelling, and punctuation |
| publishing | the last stage of the writing process |
| expository writing | writing that intends to inform, explain, argue; nonfiction |
| narrative writing | Writing to tell a story |
| descriptive writing | Writing to describe: uses the five senses |
| persuasive writing | Writing to persuade someone to think like you |
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