Writing Tools Defined
Writing Tools Used
Parts of a Paragraph Defined
Which part of the paragraph is it?
Odds & Ends
100
This is when we exaggerate something in our writing.
What is hyperbole?
100
Gillian is AS CUTE AS A BUTTON.
What is a simile?
100
This sentence wraps up a paragraph. It is a green.
What is a conclusion?
100
They formed all over the field, and all the children splashed about in them.
What is elaboration 1?
100
These two things are the foundation of a sentence.
What is a subject & predicate?
200
This is what a sentence is about. It should be the thing doing the action in a sentence.
What is the subject?
200
Ella SCREAMED SO LOUD MY EARDRUMS BURST.
What is hyperbole?
200
This sentence is used to provide extra information for your reader. You can't have these unless you have some yellows.
What is elaboration?
200
As you can see, Florida's scenery truly is something to behold.
What is a conclusion?
200
In this type of writing, the writer retells an event or experience.
What is a personal narrative?
300
We should use tons of these in our writing. These words show action.
What is an action verb?
300
SCREECH! Alex slammed on his breaks, and stopped just before he crashed into a fuzzy little bunny.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
A good paragraph requires at least three of these. They tell more about the topic sentence.
What are supporting details?
300
Cotton ball clouds drift lazily across the sky.
What is a supporting detail?
300
We use these to tell the reader when things are happening. They should go in the supporting details.
What are time order words?
400
If we did not have this tool, our readers would never be able to visualize color, size, shape, emotion, feeling or number.
What is an adjective?
400
Preston, A LEPRECHAUN HUNTER, crawled about in the clover with his magnifying glass.
What is an appositive?
400
This is where a writer tells the reader what information will be in the paragraph. Everything in the paragraph must be connected to this.
What is the topic sentence?
400
The sun hides behind them, but a ray or two peeks through.
What is elaboration 3?
400
This sentence is missing this: Quickly jumped across the river just in time!
What is a subject?
500
If we did not have this tool, we would never know where anything is happening in a sentence. They tell where things are happening.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
Kyla TIPTOED down the stairs to get a little midnight snack.
What is an action verb?
500
In a descriptive expository piece, this is where a writer would introduce whatever is happening in the middle of the image.
What is supporting detail 2?
500
In the garden seedlings sprout in neat and tidy rows. They rear their little heads, pushing the dirt aside.
What is supporting detail 1 and elaboration1?
500
The following sentence is missing this: Martha, a real sport, and a totally athletic girl.
What is the predicate?
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