In this part of the writing process, you keep your thoughts organized and write them down as quickly as possible. This part is sometimes called the "sloppy copy".
What is Drafting?
100
Words or phrases written in darker print (or in color) to emphasize importance.
What is bold print?
100
Words that have similar meaning or means almost the same thing.
What are Synonyms?
100
Names any person, place or thing.
What is a common noun?
200
To persuade, to inform, to entertain
What is the author's purpose?
200
In this part of the writing process, you organize and plan and write. You may use a graphic organizer.
What is prewriting?
200
A short explanation under a picture that gives information about the picture.
What is a caption?
200
A poem shaped like a diamond.
What is a diamante?
200
Words that tell what the subject is doing. This word usually shows action.
What is a verb?
300
It is what the story or passage is mainly about.
What is the main idea?
300
In this part of the writing process, you correct punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
What is editing?
300
A picture with labels.
What is a diagram?
300
A word that means the opposite.
What is an Antonym?
300
Names more than one person, place, or thing.
What is a plural noun?
400
A good guess.
What is a prediction or inferring?
400
In this part of the writing process, you use your best handwriting and make sure all of the revisions you made are included.
What is Publishing?
400
An alphabetical list of important words and their meanings found at the back of a text.
What is a glossary?
400
The part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about?
What is the subject of a sentence?
400
A shortened form of two words that uses an apostrophe.
What is a contraction?
500
My background knowledge.
What is schema?
500
In this part of the writing process, you read over your draft and make your piece better by adding details, changing words, or the order of sentences.
What is Revising/Revisions?
500
A list of the parts of a book and the pages they are located.