Plot Elements
Who is the story about?
characters
What is it called when you begin writing your ideas on paper using your graphic organizer?
What is draft?
How do you seperate items in a list within a sentence?
By using a comma.
Which idea does not belong:
When the rain came, it came all at once. Sheets of water poured down onto our roof and out into the yard. The wind was howling. My brother had left his bike propped up against a tree. Then the lights flickered and went off.
What is my brother had left his bike propped up against a tree?
What is the name of the details that describe WHERE the story takes place?
What is the setting?
Where do you introduce the problem in the story?
The problem is introduced by the middle of the story.
What is it called when you share your final copy with your audience?
What is publish/author's chair/spotlight?
Name the words that must be capitalized in a sentence?
The letter I
Names of people, places, or things
The first letter of a spoken word in a quote.
What is the correct verb form for the following sentence: My teacher come to my desk the next day.
What is will come?
Name one way you can start your story to grab the reader's attention.
Start with a sound, a description or dialogue.
What kind of narrative writing have we been practicing?
What is realistic fiction.
What is the word for when you make it right by checking for spelling mistakes, punctuation, capitalization?
What is edit/ CUPS?
What is the correct way to punctuate the following dialogue:
"Happy birthday__" they screamed.
What is an exclamation point.
What is the best transitional phrase for the following sentence.
(While, Later that day, As soon as) We finished eating, dad said to put on our jackets and go to the backyard.
What is as soon as?
In the end of the story, the _________should be solved.
What is the problem?
What is one tool you can use to prewrite or plan a writing piece?
What is a story arc, 4 square or beginning/middle/end organizer.
Revise the following sentence so the subject and verb agree:
Cougars and cheetahs is not considered to be big cats.
What is are?
What are some words you can use to transition to the next part of the story?
First, then, next, last, later etc.
What is the word for when you make your writing better by adding details, or deleting ideas that don't belong, or changing your word choice.
What is revision?
What is the correct way to punctuate the following sentence:
The girls ate pizza for dinner___
What is a period.
Where should quotation marks be placed in the following sentence?
Teamwork is the best way to get things done, Jorge said.
What is
"Teamwork is the best way to get things done," Jorge said.