IDEAS
ORGANIZATION
VOICE
WORD CHOICE
SENTENCE FLUENCY
100
The content, the message and the theme.
What is an idea?
100
An illustration of the relationships between two ideas or groups that is often used in English class.
What is a Venn Diagram?
100
The author's attitude towards a subject.
What is tone?
100
A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as one or more words.
What is a synonym?
100
A sentence with two or more thoughts, or independent clauses, which run together without correct punctuation.
What is a Run-On Sentence?
200
Something you know a lot about, that is interesting and relatable for your audience and that is described in great detail.
What is a good idea?
200
A direct statement that explains the topic of your essay, what do you believes about that topic, and why you believe it.
What is a thesis statement?
200
Naming an action according to what it sounds.
What is an Onomatopia?
200
A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different spelling and a different meaning.
What is a homonym?
200
A phrase or clause that might look like a sentence but does not express a complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
300
Organize the ideas from broad to narrow. 1. Clown 2. Trick-or-Treating 3. Clown Make-up 4. Costumes 5. Halloween
5, 2, 4, 1, 3.
300
A graphic organizer that takes a central concept and organizes ideas from most important to least important.
What is The Target graphic organizer?
300
Rewrite the following sentence to include a “cherished and adored” voice. “I like the baseball bat my grandpa gave me. It’s my favorite present.”
I absolutely love the baseball bat my grandpa gave me. It’s my favorite present ever.
300
Rewrite this repetitive sentence. “A terrible disaster occurred. It is hard to imagine anything more terrible. Robert had made a terrible mistake.”
dreadful, direful, horrific, fearful, frightening, dread, dire, horrendous, awful, alarming, dreaded, fearsome
300
Rewrite this run-on sentence. “I thought his boring lecture would never end my eyelids were drooping my feet were going numb.”
I thought his boring lecture would never end. My eyelids were drooping and my feet were going numb.
400
An idea that includes justification, opposing viewpoints and explanation.
What is a developed idea?
400
An essay that presents similarities and differences or only similarities between two topics.
What is a Comparison essay?
400
Name three things that make up voice.
Emotion, Passion, Different Perspectives, Different Voices, Mood & Tone, Persuasion, and Figurative Language.
400
Which Homograph means: “To speak or write in support of” And “Refers to a person who supports or pleads the cause of another”?
Advocate
400
Rewrite these fragments into a complete sentence. - The tornado struck - It struck without warning - It cause damage - The damage was extensive
The tornado struck without warning, causing extensive damage.
500
Name three things that help strengthen an idea.
examples, facts and details.
500
Name three reasons why graphic organizers help students.
Visualize how ideas are organized, brainstorm, make connections, analyze written work, and order information.
500
Name three neutral words.
Objective, Understand, Unconcerned, Questioning, Indirect, Direct, Impartial, Commanding
500
Name three adverbs to fill the blank? Wash your hands ______ before eating.
Thoroughly, carefully, well, correctly, fast, etc.
500
Name three types of sentences and their appropriate punctuation.
Declarative (.), Interrogative (?), Imperative (.), Exclamatory (!).
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