STRUCTURE
What do we call the time and place of a story?
setting
underline
Titles that precede a name or a country must be ____.
capitalized.
having striking beauty or excellence
stunning
What do we call the problem, want, or need of the main character of a story?
conflict
a complete sentence
When you add an "s" to a number to make it plural, do not add an _______.
apostrophe.
cruelly; showing no mercy
ruthlessly
What do we call the event that leads to the conflict being solved?
climax
What are the banned words?
go/went, say/said, get/got, good, bad, big, small
Titles of books are italicized. If a report is handwritten, __________ the title.
underline.
important; essential
crucial
When summarizing a reference, what should each paragraph of a summary begin with?
topic sentence
Improve this sentence by changing the banned word: Soldiers went into the city to destroy it.
(answers will vary)
Use ________ when an age precedes a noun. Do not use ________ when the age is after the noun.
hyphens
to see ahead of time
anticipate
What is the topic-clincher rule?
The topic sentence and the clincher sentence must repeat of reflect two or three key words.
Improve this sentence by adding a because clause: Cincinnatus became a hero.
(answers will vary)
When used with quotations, do periods and commas always go inside or outside of end quotations?
inside
to praise highly
extol