Ideas and Content
What is the main topic of your writing called?
What is the main topic or main idea.
What is usually the first part of a paragraph or essay?
What is Introduction/Topic sentence?
What does word choice mean?
What are words an author chooses to use.
What is a complete sentence?
A group of words that expresses a complete thought.
What should every sentence begin with?
What is a capitol letter?
What should you include to help explain your main idea?
What are details?
What part of an essay gives supporting details?
WHat is the Body paragraphs.
Which is stronger: “The dog ran” or “The dog sprinted”?
What is The dog sprinted.
Which is complete? A. “Running through the park.” B. “Maria is running through the park.”
What is B, Maris is running through the park.
What punctuation mark ends a statement?
What is a Period (.)
True or False: Good writing should have a clear purpose.
What is true?
What part of an essay wraps up the main idea?
What is conclusion?
Replace the word good with a stronger word.
What is Excellent, amazing, wonderful, fantastic.
What punctuation mark belongs at the end of a question?
What is question mark?
What punctuation mark separates items in a list?
What is a comma (,)
If you are writing about your favorite sport, name one detail you could include.
What are rules? or What are players?
Put these in the correct order: Conclusion, Introduction, Body.
What is Introduction → Body → Conclusion?
What type of words help make writing more interesting and descriptive?
What are Descriptive words/adjectives.
What can you do to make your sentences less repetitive?
Vary sentence beginnings and sentence lengths.
Find the mistake: “my favorite subject is science.”
What is a capital M in My.
Why is it important to stay on topic when writing?
So the reader understands the main idea and the writing is focused.
Why is organization important in writing?
It helps the reader follow and understand your ideas.
Why should writers avoid using the same word over and over?
To make writing more interesting and avoid repetition.
Fix this sentence: “I like pizza I eat it every Friday.”
I like pizza. I eat it every Friday.
Correct this sentence: “james went to the store and bought apples oranges and milk”
James went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and milk.