PoS
This part of speech describes an action.
Verb
This type of sentence gives information.
Declarative sentence
This is the first sentence written in a composition to let the reader know what it will be about
Topic sentence
This acronym is used to help students check their work
CHOPS
Things that get in the way and make reaching a goal harder
obstacles
This phrase describes the location of a person or thing
where phrase
The sentence is missing a subject noun, verb, and/or is incomplete
Fragment sentence
This is the last sentence in a composition to tie everything together.
Concluding sentence
You do this for proper nouns or at the start of a sentence.
Capitalization
Forced to be a slave and owned by another person.
Enslaved
This phrase describes at what time an event is happening
when phrase
This type of sentence asks a question
Interrogative sentence
This helps to organize your thoughts before composing your first draft
When you go back and check for small errors such as misspelled words, correct capitalization, etc.
Editing
The story of a person's life that is written by that same person
Autobiography
These words mean the opposite of another word
antonyms
These sentences uses the conjunctions “and” or “but”
Compound sentence
These words are used when starting a new main iddea to let the reader know that you are moving on to the next thought
transition words
Commas, periods, question marks, parentheses, etc. all fall under this
Punctuation
A person who has escaped from a place to avoid being captured
Fugitive
These words can have the same meaning as another
synonyms
This sentence type gives a command.
Imperative sentence
These sentences are added to the main idea to give additional and important information
Details
Means going back and making changes such as rephrasing a sentence or using different word choice.
Revision
When you take a different path than planned (sometimes it makes the journey longer), but still get to your destination.
detour