Idea Trait
Details
Organization
Examples
Readings
100
This trait of writing encompasses the focus, message or main idea.
What is the idea trait?
100
"Her legs are like chunky square-cut carrots" is an example.
What are not so good details?
100
This kind of organization tells events in the order they happen.
What is chronological organization?
100
Her shirt is red.
What is a useful detail?
100
discomfort, oppressive, shattered, frustration, darkness, droppings, uncommunicative, gaudy
What are words that are negative?
200
Being interested in my subject will do this to my writing.
What will strengthen my writing?
200
facts, statistics, quotes, and examples fall into this category
What are useful details?
200
This kind of organization describes things in terms of their location, such as maps and blue prints.
What is spatial organization?
200
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a cliché?
200
aromatic, sunshine, danced, fantastic, bright, honey-colored, candle-like, delicately
What are words that are positive?
300
TV, books, experiences, friends, family, quotes, movies, dreams
Where do my ideas come from?
300
These are overused phrases.
What are clichés?
300
This kind of organization arranges ideas from least important to most important and vice versa.
What is order of importance?
300
magazines, newspapers, books, letters, emails, texts, blogs, diaries, journals, tall tales, fiction, non-fiction, autobiographies, memoirs, biographies, legends, myths, comics
What are kinds/types of writing?
300
Jack and Simon are characters from this book.
What is Lord of the Flies?
400
This tool is a place to keep my thoughts, ideas, and writings
What is a writer's notebook?
400
She is a rat.
What is a metaphor?
400
This kind of organization groups ideas together in terms of categories. It puts related things together.
What is logical organization?
400
Maps, blue prints, room descriptions, atlas
What are things organized spatially?
400
This student sample talked about a nightmare the character James was having.
What is Dust-silk pouch?
500
These are types of writing and topics that I personally can write about.
What are my territories?
500
These have one or more of these qualities: metaphors, similies, compound-complex sentence structures, memorable descriptions, the five-senses
What are golden details?
500
This very basic kind of organization label refers to any writing that explains a thesis statement.
What is deductive organization?
500
to persuade, to inform, to explain, and to entertain
What are the purposes of writing?
500
This quote: "The silence of the forest was more oppressive than the heat, and at this hour of the day there was not even the whine of insects." is from this chapter in the book Lord of the Flies.
What is Huts on the Beach?
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