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This glossary defines key terms and concepts.
Please note that words set in small capital letters are
themselves defined in the glossary.
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lab report A genre of writing that covers the process
of conducting an experiment in a controlled setting.
Key Features: explicit title • abstract • purpose •
methods • results and discussion • references •
appendix • appropriate format
layout The way text is arranged on a page or
screen—for example, in paragraphs, in lists, on
charts, with headings, and so on.
letter writing A process of generating ideas and
text by going through the motions of writing to
someone to explain a topic.
link In a Web page, a URL, a word, or image that,
when clicked, opens a different page.
listing A process for generating ideas and text
by making lists while thinking about a topic, finding
relationships among the notes, and arranging
the notes as an outline (see outlining).
literacy narrative A genre of writing that tells
about a writer's experience learning to read or
write. Key Features: well-told story • vivid detail •
indication of the narrative's significance
literacy portfolio An organized collection of materials
showing examples of one writer's progress as a
reader and / or writer.
literary analysis A genre of writing that argues for
a particular interpretation of a literary text—most
often fiction, poetry, or drama. See also analysis and
textual analysis. Key Features: arguable thesis •
careful attention to the language of the text • attention
to patterns or themes • clear interpretation • MLA
style
literature Literary works—including fiction, poetry,
drama, and some nonfiction; also, the body of written
work produced in a given field.
literature review See review of scholarly literature.
logical fallacy See fallacy, logical.
looping A process for generating ideas and text in
which a writer writes about a topic quickly for several
minutes and summarizes the most important or
interesting idea in a sentence, which becomes the
beginning of another round of writing and summarizing
. . . and so on until finding an angle for a paper.
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