Chapter 1
What is that first Stage of the writing process?
Prewriting
Invitation
What are words that express an action or a state of being?
Verbs
What is the difference between a complete subject and a simple subject?
A complete subject is all the words in the sentence that describe the person or thin that performs the action of the sentence. The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject.
What sport do I play?
Basketball
In what stage of the writing process do you turn your previous plan into complete sentences and paragraphs?
The Drafting Stage
What is the function of the Supporting Sentences and where do they go I’m an essay?
Function- develops main idea
Where in the essay- body paragraphs
Give me 2 Linking verbs that aren’t am, is, are, was, or were.
Possible answers were appear, become, feel, grow, look, seem, smell, sound, and taste.
What does a sentence contain and what does it express?
A subject, a predicate, and it expresses a complete thought.
What is my middle name?
Anne(with an e)
Is this following definition of the publishing and presenting stage; A) an oral presentation, B) a written paper, or C) a Multimedia Presentation.....
The definition or examples of this stage are...
-blog or email
- school or community newspaper
-magazine for young writers
-online web site for writers
Written Paper
Is a thesis statement also referred to as; A) topic sentence B) Controlling idea or C) subjective sentence
B) Contolling Idea/Claim
What do verb phrases consist of?
The main verb(mv) and at least on helping verb(hv)
A sentence with here or there and questions are two examples of_________ ____________.
Inverted Sentences
What do I have a huge phobia of?
Bees and wasps
What is the difference between revising and editing and poofreading?
Revising is looking for your errors or mistakes and editing is fixing those errors along with proofreading, or making sure what you changed makes since.
What are the three paragraph sentence/sentences?
Topic sentence, Supporting Sentences, and concluding
What are the four principle parts?
Present, present participle, past, and past participle
In the sentence below, what is the direct object or objects?
We discussed sports, food, and movies.
DO= Sports, food, and movies(not including the word and)
What is my Dads name and how do you spell it?
Waasy.... W-A-A-S-Y
What is Autobiographical writing?
It may tell the story of the author’s entire life or focus on a significant period.
What do you use the pattern of organization for?
We use this to help the reader follow our ideas.
Which principle part shows an action that is already completed?
Present Participle
What retells the main idea and key details of events, narratives, or pieces of nonfiction?
A summary
How old am I and when is my birthday?
I am 12 years old.... my birthday is August 10th