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Capitalization

100

A sentence always begins with this type of letter (capital or lowercase)

What is a capital

200

Letters that are not at the begging of a sentence, someone's name, or the name of a place are always these types of letters

What are lowercase letters

300

This word which writers use in their writing to talk about themselves, is always capitalized even if it is in the middle of a sentence. (Hint: it's another word for me)

What is I

400

The first letter of someone's name or of the name of a place is always this type of letter

What is a capital

Formatting

100

Finger _____ help writers space their words out so their sentences do not look like one long word.

What are spaces

200

The lines on a paper are important because they help the writer with this (multiple answers)

What is:

1. Tells the writer where to write 

2. Helps keep the writing in a straight line

3. Helps the writer know how big to write 

4. Makes it easier to read the final product 

300

Individual words need to separated by these in order for writing to be readable. 

Spaces

400

A complete sentence can NEVER begin with these words

and, because, and but

Punctuation

100

This type of punctuation is used at the end of most sentences

What is a period, .

200

This type of punctuation is used to express excitement, anger, fear, yelling, or another type of big emotion. 

What is an exclamation mark, !

300

When these are used in sentences, they tell the writer to pause before moving on to the next part of the sentence. They are not full stops like a period, but, they are used to combine two ideas into one sentence. They can also be used when listing 3 or more things in a sentence. (At the store I bought apples, bananas, and oranges.) 

What is a comma ,

400

If a writer does not use proper punctuation to end a sentence it is called a ___ ___ _____. This is against the writing rules. 

What is run on sentence

Paragraph Writing

100

True or False: A paragraph is a 4-5 sentence passage of writing where all sentences are about the same topic. 

What is true

200

In an essay, The first paragraph is called this. 

What is an introduction paragraph. 

300

What does a supporting sentence (in a paragraph) or supporting paragraph (in an essay) do? 

Supporting sentences and paragraphs provide evidence and/or reasoning to support the topic of the writers essay or paragraph. 

400

Using "Because I think so" as a supporting sentence gives enough evidence to support a writers idea. 

No