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ELA Potpourri
Words, Words, Words
100
This is a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
100
This is the always the first sentence and is used to grab the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
100
The person telling the story.
Who is the narrator?
100
However, next, first, last, finally and additionally, are all examples of _______________?
What are transitions?
100
The name of the punctuation mark that immediately precedes a list.
What is colon?
200
This shows action or being.
What is a verb?
200
This is typically the last sentence in the first paragraph and is a guide or "road map" for the reader (and writer).
What is a thesis?
200
These are the things that draw a picture in the reader's mind and make the writing interesting to read.
What are descriptive details?
200
This is offset by commas and if it is taken away, it does not change the meaning of the sentence.
What is an interrupter?
200
This common test word means unimportant or unnecessary.
What is irrelevant?
300
This describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
300
This restates your thesis statement and wraps up your essay neatly.
What is the conclusion?
300
This type of writing tells a "story".
What is a narrative?
300
These are used to signal a change, make the writing smoother or make the writing more fluid (better word flow).
What are transitions?
300
What is racecar spelled backwards called?
What is a palindrome.
400
This describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
400
The three paragraphs that are in the middle of a five paragraph essay.
What is the body?
400
He, she, they, we, it, are all examples of a ________________.
What is a pronoun?
400
How can you make your argument or opinion stronger when writing?
What is citing textual evidence?
400
Repetitive, repetition, review, re-do all mean the same thing as this common test question word.
What is redundant or redundancy?
500
The words a, an and the are all examples of _________.
What is an article?
500
Writing an essay is about 20% writing and about 80% ___________ and ___________.
What are planning and editing?
500
This type of writing is meant to persuade.
What is argumentative or an argumentative essay?
500
How many paragraphs are in an essay written for Ms. Riopelle's English class?
What is five?
500
This is a punctuation mark that joins two independent clauses in place of a conjunction.
What is a semi-colon?