W&L: Development & Evidence; Organization; Effective Language Use

Revising & refining for rhetoric, writer's purpose, thesis statments, claims, & evidence?
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Revising & refining for rhetoric, writer's purpose, thesis statments, claims, & evidence?
Focus of Development & Evidence
What do organization questions concern?
Structure: logic & cohesion
What do effective language use questions cover?
Expression & writer's purpose
What are the two subscores for Development & Evidence?
Expression of Ideas & Command of Evidence
Proposition?
Big ideas-thesis statements & topic sentences
Support?
Points & claims (details, facts, statistics)
Focus?
Relevance to topic/purpose
Subscore for W&L: Organization
Expression of Ideas
Focus for organization?
Revising and improving structure for logic & cohesion
Purpose of introductions?
Give context about passage and engage reader
Purpose of conclusions?Ends piece and restates or summarizes the main ideaPrecision/Concision; interesting; satisfyingelements of effective introductions & conclusionsTwo main goals of good paragraph writingCohesion and logical progression of ideasResults of transitional words and phrasesflow and fluencyWhat is the objective for Effective Language Use?Recognize the effect that language choices (diction and syntax) can have on a readerWhat are the four elements of Effective Language Use?Precision; Concision; Style and tone; SyntaxWhat is Precision?exactness and appropriateness in word choiceWhat is Concision?Avoiding wordiness and redundancyMaking word choice consistent with rhetorical goal?Style and toneWhat is Syntax?constructing, patterning, and combining sentences to improve flowWhat are the subscores for W&L: Effective Language UseExpression of Ideas & Words in Context