What's wrong?
Kevin said he didn’t need any help but Jack insisted they ended up breaking the bicycle instead of fixing it and Kevin was really mad.
Run-on sentence and punctuation
an educated guess based on the information in a passage and your prior knowledge (what you already know.)
Inference or infer
Goosebumps make me shiver, but they disappear as soon as I cover up with a jacket or a sweater.
Problem and Solution
We went to the store and we bought some milk.
We went to the store, and we bought some milk.
(missing comma)
Writing that uses cast of characters, dialogue, scenes, settings, set directions
Drama
A saturday morning just isn’t complete without a pancake breakfast
Capitalization
a group of lines (a paragraph for poems)
stanza
Goose bumps make me shiver. First, I get cold. Then, I shake all over.
Sequential Order or Chronological Order
We plan to go to the pet store, get a dog, and bring her home.
Sentence is correct
Biographies, autobiographies, and speeches
Nonfiction
Beside the chair. The book I want is the blue one.
Fragment sentence (incomplete)
A narrator in the story is telling his or her own story using pronouns such as: I, me, or my.
First person point of view.
Goosebumps make me shiver. I get little bumps on my skin. They look like sesame seeds.
Description
My dad has traveled to Los Angeles California Miami Florida and Houston Texas.
My dad has traveled to Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; and Houston, Texas.
(comma & semicolon)
Writing that contains verses, lines, stanzas, and rhyme schemes and inspires thoughts and feelings
Poetry
On Monday morning Mrs. Little gave the class an assignment they were to write an essay about what they did over the weekend.
run-on sentence and punctuation
using other words in the sentence or passage to help determine the meaning of an unknown word.
Context Clues
Goosebumps make me shiver. When the temperature drops below 45 degrees, my skin crinkles into goosebumps.
Cause and Effect
The first year Mrs. Miller tried to open the pool by herself it was a disaster it had been green with algae by september and she had just covered it up. Instead of fixing it.
The first year Mrs. Miller tried to open the pool by herself, it was a disaster. It had been green with algae by September, and she had just covered it up, instead of fixing it.
Events of the story remain unclear until the end
Mystery
Can you bring me the phone? my mother asked I was right there near it.
Capitalization and transition word
When a story goes back in time presenting the reader with events that happened earlier.
Flashback
Some people get goosebumps from fear. Others get goosebumps when they are touched emotionally.
Compare and Contrast
Anytime Jim gets involved in something it’s a disaster this one time he actually managed to flood the basement!
Anytime Jim gets involved in something, it’s a disaster. This one time, he actually managed to flood the basement!
The story of a real person's life that is written by another person.
Biography