Banned Words
Writing Structure
Dress-ups and Openers
Vocabulary
Misc.
Things I've Learned Along the Way
100

You might be tempted to use this word when writing conversation

said

100

Your required formatting of your papers

MLA

100

An adverb dress-up ends in what two letters?

-ly 

100

huge

colossal

100

How is an opener marked?

With a number in brackets before the sentence

100

This Roman system of heating heated rooms from underneath the floor

Hypocaust

200

This banned word may describe size

big

200

This information goes in the first paragraph of the story sequence chart

Setting and characters

200

This dress-up describes a noun

 quality adjective

200

constantly without change

steadily

200

What number is the preposition opener?

#2

200

This Roman ruler left his plow and farm to save Rome, then returned to his farm.

Cincinnatus

300

This word might tell how you got somewhere

went

300

This information goes in the second paragraph of the story sequence chart

Conflict and Plot

300

How do you know when to use "who" and when to use "which" in a who/which dress-up?

who= people

which= things/animals

300

slyly, cleverly

cunningly

300

Name 2 prepositions

(Answers vary)

300

This is the world's oldest poem (story) about the search of one man for eternal life.

Epic of Gilgamesh

400

A better word might be "beautiful"

pretty

400

What is the topic and clincher rule?

The topic sentence and the clincher sentence MUST repeat or reflect 2-3 key words.

400

What are the words for the www.asia.b dress-up?

When, while, where, as, since, if, although, because

400

loss of hope

despair

400

How do you mark the words that repeat and reflect in the topic and clincher sentences?

highlight (or bold)

400

The Mayans exchanged this during weddings, and kings were buried with it!

Chocolate

500

This word may describe something hideous to look at

ugly

500

This information belongs in the third paragraph of the story sequence chart

Climax and Resolution

500

This dress-up is a way to combine facts about one noun

who/which

500

famous for something

renowned

500

What is the purpose of a title?

To create interest in what you have written

500

In 1849 Austen Layard made this important archeological discovery

Ashurbanipal's Library