Genres
A person's life story written by him/herself
What is an autobiography?
The first step of the writing process in which you brainstorm ideas for your writing piece.
What is pre-writing?
A sentence that makes a statement
What is a declarative sentence?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
A noun does NOT name a particular person, place, or thing
What is a common noun?
Stories with characters who try to solve a crime or unexpected event
What is a mystery?
The second step in the writing process when you begin composing the sloppy copy of your essay.
What is drafting?
A sentence that asks a question
What is an interrogative sentence?
A word that states an action or a state of being
What is a verb?
A noun that names a particular person, place, or thing
What is a proper noun?
Provides ideas, facts, and principles that are related to the physical, biological, or social world
What is informational?
The third step of the writing process in which you review your work and make changes that improve the quality, flow, and organization of your essay.
What is revision or revise?
A sentence that gives a command
What is an imperative sentence?
A word used to describe something or someone
What is an adjective?
"Lake" is this kind of noun...
What is a common noun?
Drawn from the writer's imagination, but is true to life in some period of the past
What is historical fiction?
The fourth step of the writing process in which you make corrections and improvements to the grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization in your writing.
What is edit or editing?
A sentence that shows strong emotion or feeling
What is an exclamatory sentence?
The singular possessive form of the word "men"
What is men's?
"Lake George" is this kind of a noun...
What is a proper noun?
A story that is true to life and seems real, but isn't actually real
What is realistic fiction?
The final step of the writing process where you produce your final copy with all your corrections and revisions.
What is publish or publishing?
A sentence that combines two simple sentences using a CONJUNCTION (and, or, but)
What is a compound sentence?
The SINGULAR possessive form of the word "actress"
What is actress's?
Name ALL the nouns in the following sentence and share if they are COMMON or PROPER:
My favorite uncle is a firefighter and paramedic in North Carolina.
Common nouns: uncle, firefighter, paramedic
Proper noun: North Carolina