The Writing Process
Story Elements
Figurative Language
Language Mechanics
Sentences
Odds and Ends
100

What is the first step of the writing process?

Drafting or Prewriting.

100
The time and place a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
This type of figurative language uses words like "like" or "as" to make comparisons.
What is a similie?
100

These words are used to describe a verbs or describe adjectives.

What is an adverb?

Example:  I walked VERY fast.  

"Very" is an adverb that describes more about the adjective "fast".

100

Find the mistake:

Me and Noah are going to play Fortnite this summer.

What is "Noah and I"

200

What is the step in the writing process where you check your writing for proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.

editing

200
The actors in a story.
What is a character?
200
This form of figurative language uses words that are spelled similarly to how they sound.
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
A word used to connect phrases and clauses.  AKA FANBOYS
What is a conjunction?
200

Find the mistake:

The students groaned when their teacher told them to "open their books to page 58."

The quotation marks aren't needed

300

The sloppy copy is another word for what?

 the rough draft

300

A point of view in which the narrator uses   the pronouns "he", "she", "they", but not "I" and "we"

What is third person point of view?

300
This type of figurative language is statement or claim that is extremely exaggerated and are not meant to be taken seriously.
What is hyperbole?
300
Words that are used to describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
300

Find the mistake:

I am a fourth grade student at Albany elementary school.

What is Elementary School needs to be capitalized.

300

Name a structural element that a play would have, but a poem would not have.

Stage directions

400

What is the step in the writing process in which you check to make sure your writing makes sense and flows properly.

the revision process

400
The "good guy" or hero in a story.  An example would be Batman
What is a protagonist?
400
This type of figurative language uses sayings like "raining cats and dogs" or "a chip on your shoulder".
What is an idiom?
400

Helping verbs or auxiliary verbs such as will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need

What is a modal auxillary verb?
400

Find the mistake:

Mr Armstrong is our school's principal.

What is Mr needs a period

400

What is the word for a group of verses in a poem?

stanza

500

The step where we make webs, lists, or diagrams to help us organize our thoughts.

prewriting or brainstorming

500
Character vs. Character, Character vs. Self, Character vs. Nature, Character vs. Societ
What are the four types of conflict?
500

This type of figurative language is used to make a comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as: “A man is but a weak reed”.

What is a metaphor?

500

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings

What is a homophone?
500

Find the mistake:

My class will begin ERB testing on Monday, April 30, 2018.  My teacher seems really nervous, but I'm excited because I know the fourth-grade bash is right around the corner!

What is no mistake.

500

What is the complete predicate of this sentence:

Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence.

The predicate is:  "is the subject of the sentence." 

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