before the paper or article was published the manuscript was sent to experts in the field, who scrutinized the methodology and reviewed the results to make sure they seem reasonableintroductory paragraphframes the position or approach of an essay and includes a clear thesis statementbody paragraphsform the heart of the essay and support the main thesis presented in the introductiontopic sentencea sentence, most often appearing at the beginning of a paragraph, that announces the paragraph's idea and often unites it with the work's thesis.transitionsany word or phrase (group of words) used to move from one idea to the next, usually one paragraph to the nextin-text citationcorrect way to show (in the essay) where a quote or paraphrased information is fromreliable sourcea source that can be trusted; a source that uses facts, gives a balanced opinion (impartial), or can be corroborated is more reliable
academic writing used to synthesize others' ideas to support or contradict your own ideasconclusion paragraphthe last paragraph in an essay; it sums up ideas and reflects on what is discussed in the essay in words different from those in the thesis
