Writing
The number of paragraphs in an agrumentative and expository essay.
What is 5?
What the passage is mostly about.
What is main idea?
The lightbulb trait - where you are brainstorming.
What is Trait #1 - Ideas?
A sentence with a subject and predicate and is a complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
When everything is resolved.
What is the resolution?
Everytime a different character talks in a narrative essay, you need to do this.
What is start a new paragraph?
The lesson the author is teaching through the story.
What is theme?
Bullseye words are part of this trait.
What is trait #4 - Word Choice?
A sentence with 2 independent clauses joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
The story would not take place without this.
What is the inciting incident?
You show paragraphs in an essay by doing this.
What is indenting?
Tell if this is a main idea or theme.
Mary and Kate have an interesting day at the beach.
What is main idea?
Also known as the tool box trait.
What is trait #6 - Conventions?
A sentence with an idependent clause and a depedent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
This is the bulk of a story where the problem builds.
What is the rising action?
The number of items listed in a thesis statement.
What are three?
Tell if this is a main idea or theme?
Be kind to others; you never know what they might be facing.
What is a theme?
This trait helps keep your reader interested.
What is Trait #3 - Voice?
Give the type of sentence for the following sentence:
Shelly will go to the store, and you will clean the house.
What is a compound sentence?
Where you learn about the setting and characters.
What is the exposition?
The last sentence of the introduction paragraph for an argumentative or expository essay.
What is the thesis?
The main events of a story given in sequential order.
What is plot?
Using transition words is part of this trait.
What is Trait #2 - Organization?
Give the type of sentence for the following sentence:
If you go to the park, can you take the dog with you?
What is a complex sentence?
The turning point of the story when the main character grows/changes in some way.
What is the climax?