Capitalization
A noun that is capitalized
What is a proper noun?
The end mark you use at the end of a statement.
What is a period?
This is another name for an introduction in a narrative.
What is a lead?
Another word for similarities
What is comparison.
You do this in the beginning of an information/explanation essay.
Another name for a capital letter is called ________
What is upper case
This separates two complete thoughts in a sentence.
What is a comma?
When two people are talking in a story, it is called _______.
What is dialogue?
Two rings used as a graphic organizer is called this.
What is a Venn Diagram?
Nonfiction writing can have this and the reader should be aware of it.
What is bias?
The one-letter word that is always capitalized
What is the word "I"?
A contraction uses one of these.
What is an apostrophe?
The point of view of a narrative is told this way.
What is first person?
When you contrast you tell this.
What are the differences?
This is the purpose of nonfiction writing.
What is to inform?
Something that often comes before a capital letter.
What is an end mark (period, question mark, exclamation mark)?
Top-dog is an example of this type of word
What is a hyphenated modifier?
Adding details to a story is called this.
What is elaboration?
This strategy helps you to organize your paragraphs by time, place, topic, or people.
What is Tip Top?
An author may use these to explain their information.
What are tables, graphs, illustrations, diagrams, photographs, or picture captions?
Small words in a title don't get this
What is a capital letter?
You use this when you make a list in a sentence.
What is a colon?
Words that help the reader to follow the organization of the story is called this.
This is the end of your essay where you briefly restate your most important points.
What is a conclusion?
An author may make this bigger or smaller, bold, or even change the color these to draw the readers attention.