Reading & Writing
Brainstorming and planning your ideas before writing
What is prewriting?
German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity
Who is Albert Einstein?
My Social Studies textbook
What is nonfiction?
This is the most exciting or suspenseful moment in the story.
What is the climax?
The person who tells the story
What is the narrator?
To make changes by adding, deleting, or changing the text, especially spelling and grammar
What is editing?
The first Latin American person to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
Who is Roberto Clemente?
A biographical narrative
What is nonfiction?
This is the name for all the events leading up to the climax.
What is rising action?
A long trip from one place to another
What is a journey?
A written text before it has been edited and revised
What is a draft?
The first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
"The Tortoise and the Hare"
What is fiction?
This is the last part of the plot diagram when all the issues in the story are solved.
What is the resolution?
A chance to do something good, new, or exciting
What is an opportunity?
To make rewrite and improve your writing
What is to revise?
The woman who worked to gain rights for farm workers during the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Dolores Huerta?
"The Hunger Games"
What is fiction?
This is the inciting incident which begins all the action in the story.
What is the conflict?
The author's style or use of language
What is voice?
To turn in your work, share it with the class, or print the work in a publication
What is to publish?
The second woman to serve on the US Supreme Court
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
"How to Read Literature Like a Professor"
What is nonfiction?
In the beginning of the story, the reader is introduced to the characters and setting.
What is the exposition?
The sentence or sentences at the beginning of a story that grab the reader's attention
What is the hook?