Story Elements
Conventions
Reading Language
Root Words
Writing Process
100
central message
What is what the author wants you or the character to learn and remember?
100
punctuation/punctuated
What is to use a period, exclamation, or question mark?
100
point of view (author, character, you)
What is how someone sees or feels about a something or a situation?
100
inform information informational
What is to give facts and details about a topic? (root word = inform)
100
plan or prepare
What is organizing your thinking around a topic before you write?
200
plot
What is the problem, solution, and resolution?
200
quotation/quote
What is to show when a character/person is talking or the exact words an author uses?
200
dialogue
What are the exact words a person or character say?
200
convincing convince convinced
What is to try and get your way? (root word = convince)
200
draft
What is to use your plan to write your essay?
300
setting
What is the time and location of a story?
300
citation/cite your source
What is using parentheses to give credit to the original author?
300
text features
What are table of contents, headings, illustrations, captions, glossary, etc?
300
determine determination determined determining
What is figure it out? (root word = determine)
300
revise
What is to add or remove details to improve your writing?
400
character
What is the person or thing in a story?
400
capitals/capitalization
What is to use a capital at the beginning of a sentence?
400
key details
What is important information from the text that supports the main idea/central message?
400
conclusion conclusion drawn drawing a conclusion conclude
What is to end a story, end a paragraph, or your thinking in the end? (root word = conclude)
400
edit
What is to correct mistakes? (Grammar, punctuation, capitals)
500
author's purpose
What is to entertain?
500
grammar
What is correct use of language and sentence structure?
500
antonym and synonym
What is a word that has the opposite meaning (antonym) and a word that has similar meaning (synonym)?
500
infer inference inferred inferring inferences made
What is an opinion based on facts? (root word = infer)
500
publish
What is to write your final draft, free of mistakes, for others to read?
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