Vocabulary
This vocabulary word gives human characteristics to non-human and non-living things.
Personification
This book written by Roald Dahl follows the life of James whose parents died from a Rhino in the clouds.
James and the Giant Peach
I, We, Us
First Person Point of View
Goes at the end of a sentence.
Punctuation
Writing that is centered around what someone believes to be true, not factual.
Opinion
Sound or action words - Bam, Crash, Slam
Onomatopoeia
This book by J.K. Rowling follows the life of a young boy who learns he is a wizard.
Harry Potter
They, Them, She, He
Third Person Point of View
A pause in a sentence.
Comma
Writing that is centered around facts and research to explain something.
Informative
An exaggerated statement
Hyperbole
This book by Madeleine L'Engle follows a girl named Meg Murry who travels through time and space and goes on adventures.
A Wrinkle in Time
You, Your, You're
Second Person Point of View
When using someone else's words, you put these around their words.
Quotations
The first paragraph of an essay.
Introduction
A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.
Metaphor
This book by Clare Vanderpool follows a boy named Jack and a boy named Early Auden through their time together in a Military Academy.
Navigating Early
The person telling the story.
Narrator
Goes at the end of a sentence that poses a question.
Question Mark
The last paragraph of an essay.
Conclusion
A phrase that should not be taken literally that has a specific meaning (example: it is raining cats and dogs)
Idiom
This book by Lisa McMann follows Alex who is going to be killed for not being wanted.
The Unwanteds
An idea that occurs in writing repeatedly and may teach a lesson.
Theme
In a work a writing, words are in this style to show that someone is thinking in their head.
Italics
Before writing your final _______, you write your first _____.
Draft