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Writing Process
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Figurative Language
100
Determine the noun in the following sentence: My dad loves to read and write.
What is dad?
100
In this part of the writing process, you use your best handwriting and spelling. You also make sure that all of the revisions you made are included.
What is publishing?
100
In this process of the reading stage, you write in your reading logs, and participate in grand conversations or other discussions.
What is responding
100
A person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
100
"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of what figurative language?
What is alliteration?
200
What is the preposition in the following sentence: The policeman walked through the doorway and into the garden.
What is "through" and "into"?
200
In this part of the writing process, you read over you draft and use "ARMS" to make your piece better.
What is revision?
200
In this stage of the reading process, you will activate background knowledge, think about the genre, set purposes, make predictions, and preview the text.
What is pre-reading?
200
Joins words or phrases in a sentence.
What is a conjunction?
200
"She has ants in her pants" is what figurative language?
What is an idiom?
300
Discover the verb in the following sentence: He was angry when it rained all afternoon.
What is "was" and "rained"?
300
In this part of writing, you keep your thoughts organized and write them down as quickly as possible. This is sometimes referred to as the "sloppy copy".
What is drafting?
300
In this stage of the reading process, you will reread text and learn new vocabulary words, participate in mini-lessons, examine genre, other text features, or the writer's craft.
What is exploring?
300
Takes place of a noun in a sentence.
What is pronoun?
300
"My friend is an encyclopedia of trivial facts" is an example of what figurative language?
What is a metaphor?
400
What is the adjective in the following sentence? When the old, gray haired man died, he left money to his grieving family.
What is "old", "gray haired", and "grieving"?
400
In this part of the writing process, you use "CUPS" to make your writing piece better.
What is editing
400
In this stage of the reading process, you will read independently or with a partner, examine illustrations, charts, or diagrams, and read the entire text or specific sections.
What is reading?
400
Tells what action someone or something is doing.
What is a verb?
400
The following is an example of what figurative language: The sun smiled at the angry cloud.
What is personification?
500
Identify the part of speech of each word in the sentence. Oh, Simon and I often told funny stories at summer camp.
What is "Oh" (interjection), "Simon" (noun), "and" (conjunction), "I" (pronoun), "often" (adverb), "told" (verb), "funny" (adjective), "stories" (noun), "at" (preposition), "summer" (adjective), "camp" (noun).
500
In this part of writing, you organize and plan your writing piece. You may brainstorm your ideas, use a web, or other graphic organizers.
What is prewriting?
500
In this stage of the reading process, you will construct projects, read related books, and reflect on your reading experience.
What is applying?
500
A word or phrase that expresses strong feeling or emotion.
What is an interjection?
500
"She was as loud as a herd of elephants" is an example of what figurative language?
What is a simile?