Personal Narrative
The words "first," "then," and "finally" that help your story flow.
What are transition words?
A sentence that has just one subject and one predicate.
What is a simple sentence?
This mark ends a sentence that tells something.
What is a period.
This sentence tells the reader your opinion.
What is a claim or thesis statement?
A sentence made up of two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
The order in which things happen.
What is the sequence or the plot?
The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is doing.
What is the predicate?
This mark shows strong emotion or excitement at the end of a sentence.
What is an exclamation point?
This type of writing tries to convince the reader to agree with your opinion.
What is argumentative or persuasive writing?
A sentence made up of one independent and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
The most exciting or important part of your story.
What is the climax?
The part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
These marks go around the exact words a person says.
What are quotation marks?
These paragraphs support your opinion with facts, examples, and reasons.
What are body paragraphs?
In the sentence “Because I was tired, I took a nap,” this part is the dependent clause.
What is “Because I was tired”?
This shows what characters say and helps bring them to life.
What is dialogue?
This punctuation separates the name of a city from the state.
What is a comma?
The paragraph where you restate your opinion and wrap up your essay.
What is conclusion paragraph?
This type of conjunction begins a dependent clause in a complex sentence.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
A way to describe things using your five senses.
What are sensory details.
In the sentence "The tall giraffe stretched its neck to reach the leaves," this is the complete subject.
What is "The tall Giraffe"?
This punctuation is used to join two complete sentences with a conjunction like "and" or "but".
What is a comma?
This part of your essay explains the other sides opinion and why it is not as strong.
What is the counterargument?
In the sentence “I wanted to go outside, but it was raining,” this word connects the two ideas.
What is a coordinating conjunction?