ELA Writing Review

Punctuation Mark

100

Used at the end of a declarative or imperative sentence

What is a period?

200

Used at the end of a sentence that expresses surprise or strong emotion

What is an exclamation point or mark?

300

Used to show an interrogative

What is a question mark?

400

Used to separate two independent clauses

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What is a semicolon?

500

Used to indicate time and lists and to emphasize stressed information or another complete sentence.

What is a colon?

Types of Writing

100

Tells a story

What is narrative writing?

200

Used in memoirs and poems, contains imagery and sensory words

What is descriptive writing?

300

Tries to convince the reader to agree with a claim

What is persuasive or argumentative writing?

400

Gives information by sharing facts and statistics

What is expository or informational writing?

500

Chunks the essay into readable and understandable parts; these chunks deal with one specific idea each

What are paragraphs?

Punctuation (Possessives)

100

Used to show possession for nouns

What is an apostrophe?

200

To show possession of a singular noun add this

What is apostrophe and an -s?

300

To show possession of a plural noun that does not end in an -s add this.

What is an apostrophe and an -s?

400

To show possession for a plural noun that ends in an -s add this.

What is just an apostrophe?

500

This is the time to add -s and then an apostrophe.

What is never?

Argument Writing

100

The point you want the readers to agree with

What is the argument?

200

A point that is made to prove the argument

What is a claim?

300

Claims must be backed up with this

What are reasons, evidence, examples, or explanations?

400

The claim that the other person might make against the argument

What is a counterclaim?

500

The answer for the counterclaim

What is a rebuttal?

Expository Writing

100

The sentence that guides the paper

What is a thesis statement?

200

Information that builds the points that paper is trying to make

What are supporting statements?

300

Expository writing usually includes these w's and h.

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What are why, when, where, who, when, and how?

400

At least two examples of expository writing include these.

What are essays, newspapers, magazine articles, instruction manuals, encyclopedias, and textbooks?

500

At example of the way an expository text can be structured includes

What are cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and classification?