Where a story takes place.
What is setting?
A word or phrase that describes what the article or story is about.
What is main idea?
A sentence that tells about the paragraph.
What is topic sentence?
What type of sentence is Kermit ran up the hill, and he fell down.
What is compound?
Part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
What is subject?
A type of story that deals with facts and real characters.
What is non-fiction?
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Making a learned guess of what will happen next in an article or story.
What is a prediction.
Sentences that tell more about the topic sentence.
What are detail sentences?
Word that name a person, place or idea.
What is a noun?
Rereading writing to check for errors.
What is proofreading (or editing)?
A conclusion based on information in a sentence or paragraph.
What is an inference?
Judging how things are same or different.
What is compare and contrast?
A statement not verified by facts.
What is an opinion?
A paragraph in an article or story that restates the main idea.
What is conclusion?
Sentences that support the topic sentence.
What are details?
Stating or writing one sentence that tell about the whole article or story.
What is summarizing?
Forming an answer at the end of an article or story based on facts and information.
What is a conclusion?
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First, next, furthermore, finally
What are transition words?
He, she, it, they, her, them
What are pronouns?
What I did on my summer vacation is example of a _____.
What is narrative?
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When story or article events are placed in chronological order.
What is sequencing?
Figuring out the meaning of a word by using the words around it or how it is used in a sentence.
What are context clues?
These punctuation marks signal someone is speaking.
What are quotation marks?
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Sentence that gives a command.
What is imperative?
Article or essay that describes, tells or gives information.
What is expository?