fictional story that exaggerates the truth. Tall tales began as campfire stories told by American pioneers. They are a fun for children because they are full of humour and exaggeration.
What is a tall tale?
100
brainstorming or making a web or creating a list
What is the first step in the writing process?
100
After we ate an exotic delicious dinner, we sat on the cozy deck with the other ocean liner guests and made many new friends.
Identify the adjectives
What is exotic delicious cozy ocean new
100
There are many kinds of insects in the world. They come in many varieties especially ants. The type of ants include fire ants, which cause a painful sting, and carpenter ants, which damage wood structures while nest building. Other types of ants include honey, pharaoh, house, Argentine, and the thief ant.
What is Types of Ants?
100
thinking with a pencil
What is annotate
200
Animals can talk
Wishes are granted
Happy ending – good wins over bad
Everyone has heard them
Transmitted through word of mouth
No known author
What is a folktale?
200
my writing sounds like me!
What is voice?
200
After we ate an exotic delicious dinner, we sat on the cozy deck with the other ocean liner guests and made many new friends.
These words are: ate sat made
What is verbs?
200
True or False
A nonfiction book has a beginning, middle, and end, just like a fiction book.
What is false?
200
read closely and guess at what the author means but haven't actually said.
What is to infer?
300
Short story that teaches a lesson (called a moral) that people should apply to their own lives
Characters are usually animals
Aesop is the most well-known author
What is a fable?
300
My work looks like a hot mess!
What is presentation?
300
prefixes and suffixes are added to this and it forms a new word.
What is a root word?
300
True or False
The Table of Contents is in alphabetical order.
What is false?
300
the author's message
What is theme?
400
Always about humans but can have magic or supernatural events
Based on real people who are considered heroes
Story handed down for many years
Passed off as a true story
What are legends?
400
my writing Uses words and phrases to show sequence and order
What are transnational words?
400
The contraction for they are
What is they're
400
A digital click to a piece of informational that takes you to another piece of information.
What is s hyperlink?
400
texts that are either: poem, fable, folktale, myth, fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, informational text, biography, memoir, autobiography
What is genre?
500
Stories about gods, goddesses, and spirits
Try to explain how things in the world were created
Happened before the world we now live in
May be connected to a religious belief system
What is a myth?
500
Writing strategy used for convincing Ms. Nolan to get a class pet
What is OREO?
500
past tense of are
What is were?
500
symbols used to show that it is a list of information
What are bullets?
500
reading a book and it makes you think of another book