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The Writing Process
Literary Genres
Elements of a Story
Six Traits of Writing
Plot Diagram
100
The step when you use a graphic organizer to organize your ideas
What is prewriting?
100
A made up story that could really happen
What is realistic fiction?
100
This person is the "good guy"
What is protagonist?
100
This trait includes order and logic; clear connections to the main idea and a snappy lead.
What is Organization
100
This is the most exciting part of the story
What is climax?
200
The step when you share your writing with friends, family and your teacher
What is publishing?
200
This story has elements that are not real.
What is fantasy?
200
A hint about what will happen next?
What is foreshadowing?
200
This trait includes clarity, focus and a fresh perspective
What is ideas
200
This is when the setting and characters are introduced.
What is exposition?
300
The step when you write your first draft
What is drafting?
300
A made up story that blends fact and fiction with futuristic technology.
What is science fiction?
300
The bad guy or the "force"
What is antagonist?
300
This trait says that your writing should be rhythmic, easy to read, varied sentence length
What is sentency fluency?
300
This is when all major issues in the story come "full circle"
What is resolution?
400
The step when you have at least one other person look over your work.
What is revising?
400
A true story of a real person's life from the past or present
What is biography?
400
This includes Man v. man; Man v. society and man v. himself
What is conflict?
400
Characteristics of this trait: looks clean and edited; easy to follow, and NO BIG GLARING ERRORS
What is conventions?
400
This is when the story starts wrapping up.
What is falling action
500
The step when you check for grammar, mechanics and spelling errors.
What is editing?
500
Action is always present and the entire book is a roller coaster
What is adventure?
500
The time and place of the story
What is setting?
500
This trait includes strong verbs; word pictures and minimal redundancy
What is word choice?
500
This is when the story gets going and things start to happen
What is rising action?