A piece of writing, dealing with a single topic or idea, beginning with an indent and is usually 5-6 sentences in length
What is a paragraph?
100
A news article should explain the 5W’s: ____________, ______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________.
What is "Who, what, when, where, why?"
100
A person, place or thing
What is a noun?
100
In a plot, the height of tension in the ___________. It is the final, major turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
100
The first section of a news article that tells the main details of a story
What is the lead?
200
Writing without use of slang or shortened terms: “u”, “gr8t”, “lol”, “gotta”, “whut up?”, etc.
What is professional writing?
200
A statement that a person makes for a newspaper article.
What is a witness quote?
200
All sentences begin with this, as do names of people, places, days of the week, personal pronouns such as “i”
What is a Capital?
200
A series of increasingly important incidents that lead from the inciting force to the major crisis.
What is the rising action?
200
Conflict that has one character in direct conflict with another character
What is "Human vs Human"?
300
The author and date of a news article
What is a byline?
300
The place and time where a story happens
What is the setting?
300
A punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list
What is a comma?
300
The struggle between two opposing forces
What is a conflict?
300
Conflict that is in the form of God(s), religion, fate, ghosts, destiny, aliens, or anything else that is beyond the control of human beings.
What is "Human vs the Unknown"?
400
This piece of writing requires that you write in short paragraphs, include a title, author, picture and quotes.
What is a news article?
400
A news story that contains serious issues, crimes or politics
What is a hard story?
400
A word used to describe an action.
What is a verb?
400
A character, or group of characters, that stands against the main character.
What is the antagonist?
400
A news article must only state facts, and cannot contain ____________.
What is bias?
500
When you are done writing something, you should have someone look it over for spelling, if your writing makes sense, if character names have capitals, etc.
What is editing?
500
When reading a piece of writing, the first sentence tells the reader what the most important idea is.
What is an introduction?
500
Words that sound alike or look alike, often confusing for writers