Chapter 1
What is Pre-Writing?
It’s where you plan your writing and what your gonna write about.
What do you have in a compound sentence?
A compound verb or subject.
How much body paragraphs would there be if there are 3 different supporting ideas.
There would be 3 paragraphs.
What is a verb?
It’s a word that shows action
Running, walking, drawing, reading, typing.
What’s an adjective?
It describes.
What is drafting?
It’s where you try to get your ideas down on paper.
Name two kinds of sentences.
Simple, compound, or complex.
What is a thesis statement?
Its where you explain what your gonna be talking about in your writing.
In 2003 in Hawaii Bethany Hamilton is surfing when she was attacking by a shark.
A) Is surfing when she was attacking.
B) Is surfing when she was attacked.
C) Was surfing when she attacked.
D) Was surfing when she was attacked.
D)
What’s an adverb?
It modifies.
What is revising?
It’s where you have a chance to correct your daft.
What should you do to try to make sure you have sentence variety?
You can add a question, command, or exclamation.
Name the three parts of an essay that you need.
Introduction, body, and concluding.
What do you add to make a verb present or past?
Present=(ing)
Past=(ed)
What is the difference between editing and revising?
Editing is where you correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar where revising is where you just check your draft.
Name three different kinds on sentences.
Declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.
If my thesis statement had 4 reasons in it how many paragraphs should I have in my essay?
You should have 6 paragraphs.
1 introductory,
4 bodies, and
1 concluding.
Name an irregular verb
Know, break, bring, do drive, fall, feel, go, put, see, sing, wear.
What do you do for publishing and presenting.
To publish you make sure that you have no mistakes and presenting is where you present your writing to the class.
Name two kinds of clauses.
Independent, subordinate, or sentence fragment.
How much sentences should be in the average paragraph?
4-6 sentences.
Name kinds of tenses.
Present, past, and future.