Above the Rest
The first word in every sentence should be written this way.
What is a capital (or upper case) letter?
These punctuation marks are placed at the beginning and end of the exact words a character says.
What are quotation marks?
This part of a paragraph tells the main idea and is often the first sentence.
What is a topic sentence?
This step of the writing process focuses on fixing spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors.
What is editing?
This acronym helps you remember how to plan out a written response.
What is RACES?
The names of specific people, places, or things, such as “Maria” or “Chicago,” are called these and must be capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
This punctuation mark is usually placed inside quotation marks at the end of a spoken sentence.
What is a coma?
These types of sentences give details, examples, or explanations to support the topic sentence in a paragraph.
What are detail sentences?
This step of the writing process is when a writer adds, removes, or rearranges ideas to improve meaning and clarity.
What is revising?
These types of words help connect the paragraphs to one another in a smooth fashion.
What are transition words?
This word should always be capitalized when you are talking about yourself.
What is "I"?
This word describes a conversation between two or more characters in a story.
What is dialog?
These types of broken sentences are not allowed.
What are fragments?
This tool helps writers catch mistakes by checking spelling and grammar automatically.
What is spell-check?
This gives credit to the original author when the exact words are used in your written response.
What is a citation?
The names of days of the week and months of the year should be written using this kind of letter.
What is a capital letter?
When a new character begins speaking, writers usually start a new one of these.
What is a new paragraph?
When beginning a new paragraph, you must always do this first.
What is indent?
Mrs. Roberts always recommends doing this to your writing when you are done to be sure it sounds right.
What is listen to your writing?
This three-word phrase introduces your direct quote from the text.
What is an evidence-based term? (EBT)
The first letter of a book title and the most important words in it should be written this way.
What are capital letters?
This punctuation mark is used inside quotation marks when a character asks a question.
What is a question mark?
Every sentence must begin and end with this.
What is a capital letter and ending punctuation?
This tool is provided to you by your teacher that outlines all the requirements of a written assignment and often includes how many points each part is worth. Be sure to check it out before handing in your work!
What is a rubric?
This small part helps support the main idea of your writing.
What is a detail?