The Writing Process
What is the first step of the writing process?
Prewriting (sometimes called Brainstorming)
The time and place a story takes place.
Setting
This type of figurative language uses words like "like" or "as" to make comparisons.
Simile
What type of sentence is this?
Immediately after the Civil War, Virginia's economy was destroyed.
Simple (Subject: Economy, Predicate: was destroyed)
What is the simple subject and predicate in this sentence?
After the Civil War, coal was discovered in Tazwell County, Virginia.
Coal/was discovered
Which 4th grade teacher wears plaid shorts almost every Friday?
Mr. Fell
What is the step in the writing process where you check your writing for proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.
Editing
The actors in a story.
Characters
This form of figurative language uses words that are spelled similarly to how they sound.
Onomatopoeia
What type of sentence is this?
Factories started operating in the cities and railroads connected the cities together.
Compound (factories/started, AND railroads/connected)
What is the simple subject and predicate in this sentence?
Richmond became a transportation hub after the Civil War.
Richmond/became
Which 4th Grade teacher had a pet mouse as a child?
Mrs. Depew
What is the first attempt using whole sentences called?
First Draft
A point of view in which the narrator uses the pronouns "he", "she", "they", but not "I" and "we."
Third person point of view.
This type of figurative language is used when the author gives animals or objects personal characteristics, as in, "The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze."
Personification
What type of sentence is this?
Southwest Virginia started to grow when coal was discovered there.
Complex. (Virginia/started, coal/was discovered, DEPENDENT CONJUNCTION: when)
What is the simple subject/predicate of this sentence?
Mrs. Miller is our school's principal.
Mrs. Miller/is
Which 4th grade teacher eats a salad almost every day for lunch?
Mrs. D'Ascoli
What is the step in the writing process in which you check to make sure your writing makes sense and flows properly.
Revising
The "good guy" or hero in a story. An example would be Batman.
Protagonist
This type of figurative language uses sayings like "raining cats and dogs" or "a chip on your shoulder".
Idiom
What type of sentence is this?
Factories, banks, and businesses slowly reappeared, and more jobs opened up.
Compound (Factories, banks, and businesses/reappeared; jobs/opened) SIMPLE CONJUNCTION: and
What are the simple subjects/predicates in this sentence?
My teacher seems really nervous, but I'm excited because online learning is fun!
This complex and compound sentence has three pairs of subject/verbs. teacher/seems, I am (I'm), and learning/is
Which 4th Grade teacher loves to eat junk food?
Mr. Fell
The step where we make webs, lists, or diagrams to help us organize our thoughts.
Prewriting or Brainstorming
The main problem the protagonist faces in a story.
Conflict
This type of figurative language is used to make a comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as: “A man is but a weak reed”.
Metaphor
What type of sentence is this?
Many smaller towns, like Danville and Fredericksburg, grew because of the railroads.
Simple. (towns/grew)
What is the simple subject/predicate in this sentence?
The amazing group of 4th Grade students learned how to write complex sentences.
group/learned
("of the 4th Grade students" is a prepositional phrase so the word "students" can't be the subject. Instead, "students" is the object of the preposition.)
Which teacher has a son headed for college this next year?
Mrs. Fisher