Capitalization
my brother attended stanford university.
My brother attended Stanford University.
Used to mark the end of a sentence that indicates strong feelings, high volume, or excitement.
What is an exclamation mark?
Correct spelling of a word that means an occupation for a significant period of a person’s life.
What is a career?
Writing includes facts, definitions, concrete details, and precise language. It is constructed using the ideas of others and presented in the writer's own words. It tracks or explores the ideas to the reader.
The movement of a story through the sequence of events.
What is plot?
jimmy, ron, dad and i went deep sea fishing.
Jimmy, Ron, Dad and I went deep sea fishing.
Used to indicate either the omission or possession of letters or sometimes numbers.
What is an apostrophe?
Correct spelling of a vocabulary word that means monkey-like as mentioned in “The Monkey’s Paw.
What is simian?
In academic writing, an argument is usually a main idea, often called a “claim” or “thesis statement,” backed up with evidence that supports the idea.
What is argument writing?
Basic background information (setting, time period, characters
What is the exposition?
on the fourth of july there was a picnic in the local park for the vietnamese children.
On the Fourth of July there was a picnic in the local park for the Vietnamese children.
The missing punctuation mark in this sentence: I have three flavors of soda grape, orange, and cherry.
What is a colon?
Correct spelling of a vocabulary word from “The Monkey’s Paw” that means danger.
What is peril?
A way of presenting connected events in order to tell a good story. Whether it's a narrative essay, a biography, or a novel, a narrative unites distinct events by concept, idea, or plot. Common types of narratives normally contain a beginning, middle, and an end.
What is a narrative?
The problem of the story / the struggle between protagonist and antagonist.
What is conflict?
salzburg, austria is my favorite city in europe.
Salzburg, Austria is my favorite city in Europe.
Used to connect two independent clauses. The two clauses are often related and complement each other.
What is a semi-colon?
Correct spelling of an academic word that means to examine carefully for purpose of examination or explanation. When you wrote your essay for “The Monkey’s Paw,” you had to do what with the characters?
What is analyze?
Prewrite, Draft, Revise, Edit, Write Final Copy, Proofread, Publish
What is the writing process order?
A series of important events that move the story leads up to the climax.
What is rising action?
Last night we had dinner with aunt jenny and uncle harold.
Last night we had dinner with Aunt Jenny and Uncle Harold.
The act of leaving out words that are not necessary for the sentence, passage, or phrase to be understood.
What is an ellipses?
Correct spelling of a word that means the villain or bad guy in the story.
What is antagonist?
Green = Go (write a topic sentence), Yellow = Slow Down (introduce an idea(s) using a transition word(s), Red = Stop (give examples and elaborate), Green = Go Back (restate your topic sentence)
What is an accordion paragraph?
The turning point or peak in the story’s action.
What is climax?