your subject; what you write or talk about
a few (three or more) sentences about the same idea
a reason, example, or more information
proof or support for what you say
where you tell what you're going to talk or write about
the part of the essay where you summarize the ideas you wrote about
one complete idea
make sure all your writing is about the same topic
edit (fix) your writing to make it better
where your share your topic and big ideas
where you write most of your information
put things that are similar together; organization
