VOCAB
Skilled; expert
What is adept?
Name three banned adjectives and give a substitute for each.
Good, bad, nice, mean, pretty, ugly, big, a lot, etc
Report paragraphs should begin with a ___________ sentence.
What is topic?
This decoration repeats the same sound of a letter.
What is alliteration?
The difference between it's and its.
It's = it is; Its is possessive
Not giving up
What is persistent?
Name three banned verbs and give a substitute for each.
Go, went, come, came, say, said, get, got, etc
The clincher of a report paragraph should...
What is repeat or reflect 2-3 key words from the topic sentence.
This decoration describes something by comparing it to something else.
What is a simile?
The difference in the meanings of there and their.
There is the opposite of here; their is possessive.
To search for food (or other wants)
What is to forage?
Name the three sentence openers.
Quality adjective, strong verb, -ly adverb, who.which clause, because clause
The time and place of a story is called the _________
What is the setting?
This decoration is an exaggeration of an action.
What is wrong with the following sentence:
Pecos Bill who could ride any bronco wanted more excitement.
The who/which clause needs to have commas before and after it.
Pecos Bill, who could ride any bronco, wanted more excitement.
To force out
What is to expel?
Name the three sentence openers you have learned.
#2 preposition, #3 -ly, #6 very short sentence
The main problem of a story is called the _________
What is the conflict?
This decoration is really just three of the #6 sentences in a row.
What is the 3sss (short staccato sentences)
What's wrong with the following sentence:
Hans, who was cold and tired.
It is a fragment.
Proud; tending to look down on others.
What is haughty?
Fix the following sentence:
My teacher, who words hard to help us.
Answer should complete the sentence
In a story, the event that leads to the problem being solved is called the ___________
What is climax?
This decoration requires quotation marks.
What is conversation?
What is wrong with the following sentence:
Braille helped blind people that wanted to read.
Use who instead of that to refer to people.