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Punctuation
Vocabulary and Phrases
General Concepts
Tips
It's Anyone's Guess!
100
The way you would end an exciting phrase or statement
What is an exclamation point?
100
Name for phrases/words that help the reader move from one topic to the next.....
What are transitional words or phrases?
100
Number of paragraphs most standard essays have:
What is 5?
100
You should always begin your essay with one of these..
What is a grabber or a hook?
100
When you cite information from the text...
What is text evidence?
200
You use these to begin and end dialogue
What are quotation marks?
200
Give one example that you can finish your essay with besides....IN CONCLUSION
What is -to sum it up -finally and lots more...
200
The name of the first paragraph of an essay
What is the introduction paragraph?
200
When writing an argumentative essay you must always state your.........
What is a claim?
200
Giving examples based on text evidence is called....
What is elaboration?
300
If listing items you must use __________
What are commas?
300
A grabber or hook you can use to begin your writing response besides a QUESTION
What is dialogue, statistic, quote, mysterious statement, onomatopoeia....
300
The last paragraph of your essay is called
What is a conclusion?
300
The first step in the writing process....
What is planning or pre-writing? (Outline, Web, T Chart, Venn Diagram)
300
List three types of figurative language...
What is simile, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, personification, or onomatopoeia?
400
A ______________ refers to the pronoun in the sentence
What is an antecedent?
400
EXAMPLE: I was so shocked my eyes popped out of my skull!
What is an HYPERBOLE?
400
The thing you read before you start writing that provides you with information and directions about your topic...
What is a PROMPT?
400
When you eliminate answer choices you know are incorrect, you are using the following test taking strategy....
What is process of elimination?
400
The amount of time given for the extended writing response (for the majority of students)
What is 90 minutes? THAT IS TO PLAN AND WRITE!
500
List the three types of verbals.....
What are gerunds, participles, and infinitives?
500
The paragraphs that come after the introduction are often called
What are Body Paragraphs?
500
This is when you expand on text evidence
What is elaboration?
500
Two words that show if a statement is a simile...
What is LIKE or AS?
500
"In addition to..." is an example of a
What is a TRANSITIONAL PHRASE?