Grammar
A person, place, animal or thing.
What is a noun?
A direct comparison, between two or more things, using 'like' or 'as'.
(ex. Zia was like a graceful wind)
What is a simile?
This trait is interested in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
What are Conventions?
A punctuation mark used to mark the end of a sentence.
What is a period/full stop?
Thinking about your own thinking.
What is metacognition?
A word used to describe a noun.
A direct comparison, between two things, WITHOUT the use of 'like' or 'as'.
(ex.Mr. Devito is a modern-day Zelus)
What is a metaphor?
The ideas that make your writing interesting.
What is Content?
A punctuation mark used to show a pause in a sentence, or separate nouns.
What is a comma?
Content, organization, word choice, sentence structure, voice, and conventions.
What are the Six Traits of Writing?
Words that show actions or a state of being.
(ex. running, breathing, sleeping)
What is a verb?
What is personification?
This is when the sentences flow smoothly, and your writing sounds natural to readers.
What is Sentence Structure?
This mark shows that someone is speaking directly.
What are quotation marks?
A collection of sentences (usually 4 or more) that talk about one main point.
What is a paragraph?
A word or phrase that has the same/similar meaning as another word.
(ex. leave, depart)
What is a synonym?
A term where two words have opposite meanings but make sense in the overall context.
(ex. Jumbo shrimp)
What is an oxymoron?
This is when you can see the writer's enthusiasm - and often their personality - in their writing.
What is Voice?
A punctuation mark that shows feelings or emphasis.
What is an exclamation mark?
The text all grade nines go through in English; either the book or the movie.
(Hint: Nothing gold stays)
What is The Outsiders?
A word or phrase that has the opposite meaning of another word or phrase.
(ex. close, open)
What is an antonym?
The repetitive use of the same letter or sound, in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
This has to do more with the overall structure of your writing - how you arrange your ideas, and if it makes sense.
What is Organization?
This mark is commonly used to join two ideas.
(Hint: It may be used in place of a full stop if both ideas relate to the same topic/subject)
What is a semi-colon?
The text all grade tens go through; either the movie, the text itself, or both.
(Hint: Parting is such sweet sorrow)
What is Romeo and Juliet?