General Writing
The only way to get better at writing is to
do it every day
Name the 5 steps of the writing process
Prewrtiing, Writing, Revising, Editing, Publishing
What format should your paper be written in?
MLA
Lively words that describe nouns and pronouns are called what?
Colorful or strong adjectives
Name the two basic parts of a sentence.
Subject and verb
Gathering ideas for writing topics start with
your brain
What is PAST
Purpose, Audience, Subject, and Type
What should be used as a guideline to help you to understand what is expected of your essay?
Checklist
These types of words help you explain an order of occurrences.
Transition words
Use this punctuation after phrases and clause that introduce a sentence.
A comma
Taking time to write and allow ideas to come to mind. This process is called...
Freewriting
During the prewriting stage, what must you come up with to keep you on topic?
Forming a Focus
Every paragraph should have a beginning and ending sentence. What are they called?
Topic & Clincher
Words that talk on paper is referred to as?
Dialogue
This symbol is used to show omitted words or sentences and indicate a pause in dialogue.
Ellipsis
In order to help your reader feel, hear, smell, taste, or see your experience, you need to have your words....
Show and not tell
You will read and share your essay before moving to this next stage of the writing process?
Editing
Name the 3 parts that must be included in any complete piece of writing?
Beginning, Middle, and Ending
Figure of speech that compares 2 things without using the words like or as.
Metaphor
What is it called when you have a group of words that does not express a complete thought?
Sentence Fragment
Tracking your experiences from your birth to current age is called
Drawing a Life Map
The final part of planning your essay is to arrange the details. Name 2 ways to organize your information during the prewriting stage?
List and Outling
The Introductory paragraph should always include information leading to what?
Details of the middle paragraphs.
Powerful words that give a reader a clear picture of action.
Strong verbs (Vivid Verbs)
This type of sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Complex sentence.