Modifying your writing to make it stronger and more convincing
What is revising?
100
Another word for telling a story
What is narration?
100
Creates vivid images in the reader’s mind by describing moments in detail
What is description?
100
Series of steps usually done in chronological order
What is process?
200
The steps in writing a draft are write an introduction,
write complete body paragraphs,
write a conclusion, title your essay, and...
What is write the first draft?
200
Proofreading and looking for errors in formatting
What is editing?
200
This uses "I" and has a narrator
What is 1st person?
200
Overall atmosphere you want to convey
What is dominant impression?
300
Facts expressed in numbers
What are statistics?
300
A paragraph restates its main point but does not offer any support
What is circular reasoning?
300
This uses "he," "she," or "they"
What is 3rd person?
300
Description using the five senses
What is imagery?
300
You can use this to figure out how two or more things are different or similar
What is a Venn Diagram?
400
Objective details
What are facts?
400
Having specific details to back up every claim you make
What is adequate support?
400
This keeps the author's meaning, but does not use the exact words
What is an indirect quote?
400
Giving enough details for the reader to infer what is true
What is showing?
400
In a compare and contrast essay, the format that lists all the points about "thing A" and then all the points about "thing B"
What is block by block?
500
A title should be this
What is descriptive and interesting?
500
These help the reader move smoothly from paragraph to paragraph
What are transition words?
500
Did it change you? What did you learn? What were your emotions towards this?
These are some of the questions you should ask to make sure your narrative has this.
What is a point?
500
Attributing human qualities to an inanimate object or an
What is personification?
500
Name this holiday movie classic:
"every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings"