How Do I Write?
brainstorm, analyze prompt, quick list, thinking maps
What is prewriting?
period, exclamation point, or question mark
What is end punctuation?
movies, ooks, TV shows, history, or science
What is a hidden treasure?
a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence
What is dependent clause?
one independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
Write out chunks in paragraph form
possibly in order of he essay
What is a rough draft?
used after a dependent clause when it begins a complex sentence
What is a comma?
anecdote, quote question, statistic, amazing fact, discriptive segment
What is a golden brick?
Looks like a verb but acts as an adjective; can be a phrase or a single word
What is a participle?
2 independent clauses combined into one sentence
What is a compound sentence?
Revision is _______________.
What is clarity?
Is followed by a list
What is a colon?
The most important sentence in the paper that explains what the essay is all about.
What is a topic sentence, central/controlling idea, or thesis sentence?
A verb that ends in ¨s¨
What is a singular verb?
Dependent clause combined with an independent clause
What is a complex sentence?
Weak words are replaced with stronger words ar phrases
What is word referents?
When two independent clauses are put together with no punctuation or conjunction between them
What is a run on sentence?
critique that helps build a writer and make his/her paper better
What is constructive criticism?
Shows time, location, direction, or introduces an object
What is a preposition?
Sentence with one subject and two verbs?
What is a simple sentence?
Changing sections orwords of the essay to make it better
What is revision?
Used to combine two relted independent clauses with no conjunction or a comma
What is a semi-colon?
Used to connect the example to the main idea sentence
What is relevancy?
Correcting spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc.
What is editing?
2 dependent clauses
What is an incomplete sentence?