Mid-Term Review ENG090

1. A sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs
5. An incomplete sentence.
7. A distinct section of a piece of writing dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line or indentation.
9. The first sentence of the essay.
10. An extended piece of writing that presents and supports a thesis or proposition
13. Sentences that provide examples, facts, quotes and other information to develop the main idea of a paragraph.
15. One sentence that expresses the main idea of an essay
16. A word used to join two complete sentences (needing a comma before)
18. Every sentence must have one.
19. The proper spacing for academic writing.

2. Two complete sentences join by only a comma.
3. The sentence that ties together the topic sentence and illustrations in order to remind the reader of an idea's importance.
4. Paragraph whose purpose is to pique the interest of your reader and identify the topic and purpose of the essay.
6. Two complete sentences joined without proper punctuation.
8. Type of paragraph in an essay that supports or defends the essay's thesis.
11. One option to join two complete sentences correctly.
12. The first sentence of each paragraph should be.
14. What the first sentence of an essay should capture.
16. Thought Every sentence must be one.
17. The acronym that stands for the three parts of a body paragraph.