A writer's or speaker's attiude toward the subject
What is tone
100
The process of putting ideas down on paper. The focus is on content not mechanics
What is drafting
100
To examine the way things are different or similar
What is compare and conrast
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun
100
Describes the physical, mental, moral, and social aspects of a character
What are character traits
200
Writing that explains or defines what a topic means
What is definition essay
200
The writing piece is prepared in final form, including illustrations. The writer shares his writing with others.
What is publishing
200
Using what you already know to help you make sense of a reading selection.
What is prior knowledge
200
A word that denotes and action, an occurence, or a state of being
What is a verb
200
Where and when a story takes place
What is setting
300
The writer's or speaker's choice of words
What is diction
300
An activity that causes the writer to think about he subject. The writer organizes his thoughts before he begins to write.
What is prewriting
300
When you retell the main ideas, events, or facts in your own words
What is summarizing and paraphrasing
300
The part of the sentence that indicates what it is about
What is the subject
300
Feelings or images associated with a word
What is connotation
400
An extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions, in a narrative have meaning outside the narrative itself
What is allegory
400
Mechanical, grammatical and spelling errors are fixed in the writing piece
What is editing
400
You understand the parts and details of what you are reading and you know to make a guess about what will happen next.
What is making predictions
400
The part of the sentence that tells what the subject is doing or somethng about the subject
What is a predicate
400
timeless, and universal ideas that may be implied rather than stated explicitly
What is theme
500
A pattern or other element that is common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature, myth, and folklore
What is archetype
500
The process of refining the piece of writing. The writer adds to a writing piece. The writer reorganizes a piece of writing. The writer shares his story and gets input from peers or teacher.
What is revising
500
You have to put details or references of something you have seen or read with something you already know, to draw conclusions, or make generalizations
What are inferences and conclusions
500
A phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, and indicates a relationship between nouns and verbs
What is a prepositonal phrase
500
A category of composition, marked by a distinctive style