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Grammar
Vocabulary Ch 29-39
Vocabulary Ch 40-Coda
Miscellaneous
6+1 Traits
100
This is a group of words that has a subject and a verb and can be either independent or dependent
What are clauses?
100
She always paints beautifully due to her artistic "these".
What are "sensibilities"?
100
Word meaning "critical"
What is "dire"?
100
Before reading a piece of writing, good readers should first determine why the author wrote the piece, which is also known as this
What is author's purpose?
100
This trait focuses on making sure your writing SOUNDS like you.
What is voice?
200
These sentences have two independent clauses joined together with a comma and conjunction.
What are compound sentences?
200
Word meaning "making sure"
What is "ascertaining"?
200
Word meaning "encouraged".
What is "emboldened"?
200
The where and when of the story
What is setting?
200
This trait focuses on choosing an interesting topic.
What is the ideas trait?
300
These sentences have independent and dependent clauses in them
What are complex sentences?
300
Word meaning "thinking deeply"
What is "pondering"?
300
Word meaning "a sign of something".
What is "indicator"?
300
This type of sentence asks a question
What is an interrogative sentence?
300
This trait focuses on making sure your have a beginning, middle, and end in your writing.
What is the organization trait?
400
The part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
400
When Tim found my cat, I gave him a hug to show my "this".
What is "gratitude"?
400
Another word for "defeated".
What is "thwarted"?
400
Your teacher said you used the word "great" in your writing too much. Where would you go to find words to use instead of "great" in your report?
What is a thesaurus?
400
This trait focuses on using precise language, specific nouns, and active verbs
What is the word choice trait?
500
The part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does.
What is the predicate?
500
The aroma from the food pleased everyone's "these" senses.
What is olfactory?
500
Word for "something that is made and used for a short time."
What is "makeshift"?
500
This first sentence of a paragraph tells about what the paragraph will be about.
What is topic sentence?
500
This trait focuses on mechanics like spelling and punctuation
What is the convention trait?