Fix the Sentence
If you take a mouse to school he'll ask for your lunchbox.
If you take a mouse to school, he'll ask for your lunchbox. (comma added)
"I like the purple dragon best because it's cute," is an example of this type of writing.
Opinion
Personal narrative
Narrative
Friendly letter
Informative
Opinion
This is a person, place, thing, or idea, like dog or playground.
Noun
Find 2 adjectives:
Because I am a dog with a good nose and fine ears, I can hear that he is not breathing easily.
good/fine
This part of a story or speech grabs the attention of the reader or audience, written in the very beginning.
Hook
She once tried to draw me a Darth Vader but it ended up looking like some weird mushroom-shaped robot.
She once tried to draw me a Darth Vader, but it ended up looking like some weird mushroom-shaped robot. (comma added)
Heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature are all parts of this type of writing.
Friendly letter
This is the action word of a sentence, like run or make.
Verb
Find 3 adjectives:
Shadows, he thought, are like ink. They are shady and shifty and mysterious.
shady/shifty/mysterious
When I start a sentence with a subordinating conjunction or AAAWWUBBIS word, I'll probably need this.
Comma
I was a curious child and my eyes studied everything.
I was a curious child, and my eyes studied everything. (comma added)
If you wrote a story about yourself, it would be an example of this type of writing.
Personal narrative
This describes nouns, like cute, blue, or tall.
Adjective
Find the subordinating conjunction:
Gertie stared at Junior until his voice dried up like a raisin.
until
Using the words like or as to compare two things is called this.
Simile
Louisiana's grandmother did not believe in stop signs or she did not see them or maybe she did not think they applied to her.
Louisiana's grandmother did not believe in stop signs, or she did not see them, or maybe she did not think they applied to her. (2 commas added)
Writing a claim, reasons, and solutions is an example of this type of writing.
Opinion (persuasive speech)
This takes the place of a noun, like he or she.
Pronoun
DAILY DOUBLE
Find the relative pronoun:
She sat straight up, which instantly made her feel sick.
which
Name two subordinating conjunctions that are in the acronym AAAWWUBBIS.
After, As, Although, While, When, Unless, Because, Before, If, Since
He coughed and sneezed so often, that he carried a handkerchief in one paw at all times.
He coughed and sneezed so often that he carried a handkerchief in one paw at all times. (no comma)
Gathering facts from research and then informing readers of those facts is an example of this type of writing.
Informative
Who, whom, whose, which, and that are all examples of this.
Relative pronouns
Find the conjunction (that's not "and"):
I once dreamed the sun and moon were my mom and dad, so maybe my name should be Star Boy.
so
These words make up the dependent clause in this sentence:
Before she lost her nerve, she stepped over the invisible line and onto the trail.
Before she lost her nerve