Writing Techniques
Vocabulary Knowledge
Elements of a Story
Author's Purpose
Comprehension and Analysis
100

This word can be defined as "A rough version of writing."

What is Draft?

100

This word can be defined as "Words that describe nouns."

What are Adjectives?

100

This word can be defined as "The people or beings in a story."

What are Characters?

100

This word can be defined as "The person who writes a piece of writing."

Who is the Author?

100

This word can be defined as "The main point of a text."

What is the Central or Main Idea?

200

This word can be defined as "To check and make changes to writing."

What is Edit?

200

This word can be defined as "A word that means the opposite of another word."

What is an Antonym?

200

This word can be defined as "The struggle faced by characters in a story."

What is the Conflict?

200

This vocabulary refers to "The main idea or lesson the author wants to share."

What is the Author's Message?

200

This word can be defined as "The most important pieces of information."

What are the Key Details?

300

This word can be defined as "To make changes to improve a piece of writing."

What is Revise?

300

This word can be defined as "A group of letters added to a word to change its meaning."

What is an Affix?

300

This vocabulary refers to "What a character does in a story."

What are the Character's Actions?

300

This vocabulary refers to "The perspective of the author in a story."

What is the Author's Point of View?

300

This vocabulary refers to "Looking at similarities and differences."

What is Compare/Contrast?

400

This vocabulary refers to "Using simple words for understanding."

What is Clear Language?

400

This word can be defined as "The meaning of a word."

What is a Definition?

400

This word can be defined as "The time and place where a story occurs."

What is the Setting?

400

This word can be defined as "The group of people who will read or listen to what you write."

Who is the audience?

400

This vocabulary refers to making "a guess based on clues in the text."

What is Inferencing?

500

This vocabulary refers to "A final thought that wraps up writing."

What is Concluding Statement?

500

This word can be defined as "A specific case that illustrates an idea."

What is an Example?

500

This word can be defined as "The sequence of events that happen in a story"

What is the Plot?

500

This word can be defined as "To provide information about a topic."

What is to Inform?

500

These words can be defined as "To give details about something."

What is to Describe?

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