What is a way of organizing your writing by looking at two ideas or events and showing how they are similar or different?
100
Drafting
What is writing the first versions of your writing?
100
Conventions
What are commonly accepted rules for writing and speaking English?
100
Impact
What is the effect of something EX: "Because the article gave strong reasons, it had an immediate impact on the readers."
100
Metaphor
What is comparing two different things without using a word of comparison such as like or as EX: fists of iron
200
Personal Expressive
What is a type of writing which focuses on true events, relationships, and life lessons EX: personal essay, personal narrative, or memoir
200
Figurative Language
What is an expression or description that does not mean exactly what it says; can include metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole
200
Emotional Appeal
What is persuasion aimed at your feelings? EX: "Your donation could save the life of a child."
200
Connections
What are links between ideas or thoughts?
200
Plot/Story Line
What is the main events in a story; what happened to whom and in what order?
300
Propaganda
What is information designed to promote a cause or spread an idea, and usually to damage the opposing side?
300
Problem/Solution
What is a way of organizing your writing by explaining the problem and proposing your solution
300
Literary Writing
What is writing that is intended to tell a story or describe an event or scene; not intended to persuade the reader to take action EX: biography, novel, poetry, play
300
Sequence
What is one thing after another in a logical order?
300
Redundant
What is a word that means repeating itself?
400
Transactive Writing
What is writing meant to persuade or inform?
400
Richness
What is language that appeals to a variety of the senses (creates a mental image and sounds good to the ear), and is sufficiently strong and varied?
400
Source
What is the book, website, article, etc. where you got your information?
400
Reflection
What is using analysis and insight to contemplate past events?
400
Tone
What is the appropriate attitude toward the subject based on the writer's intended audience; can be established by the types of words you use (formal, casual, technical, slang)?
500
Idea Development
What is a writer's use of logical, relevant details to support the purpose of a piece of writing?
500
Rubric
What is a tool which includes the standards by which your writing will be judged?
500
Anchor Papers
What are samples of good writing that you can look at as you revise your work to see how you should improve your writing?
500
Genre
What is a particular kind of writing?
500
Grammar/Usage
What are the rules and guidelines of a language used to be correct in writing and speaking?