Fiction Elements
Writing Process
Reading Strats
Parts of Essay
Academic Voc
100

The sequence of events in a story from beginning to end.

What is plot.

100

The act of submitting an error-free final draft for an essay.

What is publishing.

100

A note of explanation or comment added to a text.

What are annotations.

100

A strategy writers use to engage their audience in their writing (essay).

What is a hook.

100

To show a difference in objects and/or situations.

What is contrast.

200

Signifies the highest point of tension in a story.

What is climax.

200

The step in the writing process where one can use a graphic organizer like The 4 Square.

What is pre-writing.

200

Annotations dealing with characters and their descriptions, words, attitudes, or actions.

What are character comments.

200

The use of facts (quotes, statistics, proof) in essays to support the thesis in an essay.

What are concrete details.

200

To make (an idea, impression, or feeling) known or understandable to someone.

What is convey.

300

As a whole, what includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution in a story.

What is the elements of plot.

300

The step in the writing process where you use C.U.P.S.

What is editing.

300

Annotations that function as a brief statement or account of the main points of an excerpt of a text.

What are summaries./What is a summary.

300

Words or phrases that connect one idea to another in an essay.

What are transitions.

300

To suggest as a logical consequence to a problem or situation.

What is imply.

400

The part of the plot that begins the conflict in a story.

What is the inciting incident.

400

The step in the writing process where sentences are moved, added, or deleted.

What is revising.

400

Annotations that peak a reader's curiosity about subject matter in a text.

What are questions.

400

A statement that is used as a guide for the writing of an essay.

What is thesis.

400

The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea".

What is context.

500

The main lesson or moral of a story that an author attempts to convey to his/her readers.

What is theme.

500

The order of the steps in the writing process.

What is pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.

500

A link between what a reader reads and what he knows is a common truth.

What is a Text to World connection.

500

The part of an essay that establishes the thesis statement with a combination of concrete details and commentaries.

What is the body.

500

The act of representing something that stands for itself or something else.

What is symbolize.

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