Elemental Aspects
A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word, like “happy” and “joyful.”
What is a synonym?
The sequence of events that make up a story, including the problem, climax, and resolution.
What is plot?
Correct and free from mistakes.
What is accurate?
Taking someone else’s work or ideas and pretending they are your own.
What is plagiarism?
To show how two or more things are alike or different.
What is compare?
The subject or main focus of a piece of writing or discussion.
What is a topic?
A conversation between two or more characters in a story.
What is dialogue?
Believable or trustworthy, based on evidence or reasoning.
What is credible?
To restate text or a quote in your own words while keeping the original meaning.
What is paraphrase?
To quickly look over text to get the main idea without reading every word.
What is skim?
A word with the opposite meaning of another word, like “hot” and “cold.”
What is an antonym?
Where and when the events in a story take place.
What is setting?
To say or do the opposite of what someone else has said or done.
What is contradict?
Words taken directly from someone else's speech or writing, usually enclosed in specific punctuation.
What is a quotation?
To improve or change something you've written by editing for clarity, ideas, or mistakes.
What is revise?
A group of lines in a poem that are set apart by spaces, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
The perspective or position from which a story is told, like first person, second person, or third person.
What is point of view?
Closely connected or important to the subject being discussed or considered.
What is relevant?
A short section taken from a larger piece of writing.
What is an excerpt?
To figure out something that isn’t directly stated by using clues in the text and your knowledge.
What is infer?
A group of words that includes a subject and a verb and is part of a sentence.
What is a clause?
The feeling or attitude a writer has toward their subject, shown through their word choices and writing style.
What is tone?
The reason someone does something or acts in a certain way.
What is motive?
The way someone understands or explains the meaning of something.
What is interpretation?
To give more details or expand on an idea.
What is elaborate?