The part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun; answers the questions Which one? What kind of? How many?
What is adjective?
100
In this type of writing, you create an argument for a point or idea you are supporting.
What is persuasive?
100
This is the person whom Amy Tan defended in many of her short works.
Who is her mother?
100
These writing techniques are used when you are just beginning to develop writing ideas. They can help you come up with ideas.
What are prewriting strategies?
200
Appears in the upper left corner of the first page of an essay; includes student's name, teacher's name, class name, and date.
What is heading?
200
The part of speech that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. Answers the questions How? When? Where? How much?
What is adverb?
200
A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is independent clause?
200
Sherman Alexie developed his love of reading from watching this person.
Who is his father?
200
In this writing strategy, you write anything that comes to mind for up to 15 minutes.
What is freewriting?
300
Appears in the top right corner of every page of a paper except the first; includes student's last name and page number.
What is header?
300
The part of speech that adds excitement or emotion to a sentence; typically set apart by a comma or exclamation point. EX: Ouch! That really hurt.
What is interjection?
300
The type of sentence that is made up of two independent clauses, joined together by a comma and a conjunction.
What is compound sentence?
300
This writer strongly believes that we should give excess money we don't absolutely need to help the poor and suffering.
Who is Peter Singer?
300
In this writing strategy, you develop a picture of your ideas and link them together.
What is brainstorm map or cluster map?
400
A list of all the sources a student used in his/her paper; appears as the last page of a research paper.
What is works cited page?
400
The part of speech that links a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence; shoes the relationships between words. EX: up, in, under, over, into, etc.
What is preposition?
400
We use this writing format to create a four sentence opinion and summary of a work.
What is a rhetorical precis?
400
The reservation and/or tribe which Sherman Alexie belongs to.
What is the Spokane Indian reservation?
400
This is the writing technique where you repeat phrases to make a point.
What is anaphora?
500
The author's last name and page number indicating where a student got information used in a research paper.
What is internal citation/parenthetical documentation?
500
The part of speech that joins together words in a sentence or two clauses.
What is conjunction?
500
The type of sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.
What is compound-complex sentence?
500
This Italian immigrant grew up "wanting to be normal".
Who is Mike Rose?
500
This writing strategy involves writing a paragraph and then going back and taking a phrase or sentence and writing another paragraph from it.