Name that Trait!
The mechanical correctness of a piece of writing
What is conventions?
The main message message of a piece of writing
What are ideas?
The type of voice you would use in writing to your teacher or boss
What is a formal voice?
The name of the Giraffe Ball
What is Tippy?
The use of colorful, precise language in a piece of writing.
What is word choice?
What you use to smoothly move from one idea to another
The first essay we will write
What is a narrative?
Mrs. York's favorite color
What is green?
The internal structure of a piece of writing, the thread of central meaning, the pattern and sequence of a piece of writing.
What is organization?
They support the topic
What are main points?
Details that come from experience and knowledge
What are memory details?
The type of voice you would use with your friends
What is an informal voice?
The Huskers play this team on 09/08
Who are the Colorado Buffaloes?
Where the writer comes out through their words, the sense that it is a real person is speaking to use and cares about their message
What is voice?
Things that explain the main point
What are important details?
Details that come from thoughts and feelings
What are reflective details?
These should vary in length, beginning, structure, and style.
What are sentences?
Name one of Mrs. York's favorite places to eat
What is Chipotle or Noodles?
It is the rhythm and flow of the language, the sound of word patterns, the way in which the writing plays to the ear, not just the eye.
What is sentence fluency?
It is the feeling that a word suggests
What is connotation?
Details that come from the senses
What are sensory details?
The five elements of conventions
What are spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and paragraphing?
Mrs. York's cats
Who are Butterscotch and Pepper?