EAPP Reviewer Cheat Sheet

Thesis statement is a single sentence, preferably a simple declar­ative sentence, that expresses the basic idea around which the paper will develop. (Webster University )
It states the purpose and main idea of your essay to your audience. The thesis statement declares the main purpose of the entire paper.
Claim is an assertion that supports a thesis.
Counte­rclaims are simply the arguments opponents make to refute your claims.
Evidence is the inform­ation that supports a claim and persuades others to believe
Supporting details are pieces of inform­ation necessary to better understand the main idea. They can be facts, reasons, testim­onies, statis­tics, and experi­ments that support the topic sentence.
Major Details directly support the topic sentence
Minor Details directly support the major details
Outlining – summar­izing the essential features of a text in hierar­chical or logical order
Skim – to look over or read quickly specially to find the main ideas
Text – a piece of writing, written or printed material
Thesis statement – states the purpose and/or central idea of a text
Paradox- made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually or may be true or possible
Evalua­tion- to judge the value or condition of something in a careful and thoughtful way; to determine signif­icance or worth
Demogr­aph­y-s­tat­istical study of human population with reference to size and density, distri­bution and vital statistics
Patria­rchy- a family, group or government controlled or led by man or group of men
Tripar­tite- involving three people, groups or part