Conventions
Formatting
Types of Writing
Literary Elements
Organization
100
This is how many minimum amount of sentences approximately, each paragraph should have.
What is 5
100
This is the type of font that students should use when writing.
What is Times New Roman
100
This is the kind of writing that tells a story.
What is a narrative.
100
An example of this is when Percy sees the fates cut a string of their knitting, then later on his mother is 'killed'.
What is foreshadowing.
100
This paragraph restates the thesis and summarizes the rest of the paper.
What is the concluding paragraph.
200
You should not start sentences with words like this.
What are, but, so, because, etc.
200
This is the size of font that students should use when writing an academic paper.
What is font size 12
200
This is the type of writing that informs readers about something.
What is an informative essay.
200
The Theme of redemption can be seen in this character from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.
Who is Grover
200
This is a type of paragraph that has information and ideas that support the main topic. These make up most of the paper.
What is a body paragraph.
300
This is what happens you use too many commas and your sentences has too many ideas in it.
What is a run on sentence.
300
This is what a student should not have between paragraphs.
What are spaces.
300
This is the type of writing that focuses on something from a story.
What is a response to literature
300
The traits of this character from the golden goblet include: Evil, Abusive, and Intimidating.
Who is Gebu
300
This is a sentence that explains the main topic or argument of your paper, and acts as the road map for the rest of the paper.
What is the Thesis
400
This is what every paragraph should start with.
What is an indentation.
400
This is the kind of line spacing an academic paper should have.
What is double spaced.
400
This is the kind of essay that starts defends a claim.
What is an argumentative essay.
400
This is the general feel of a story or chapter. It is made up of the setting, the emotions and the events that take place.
What is Tone
400
This paragraph gives gets the reader interested, gives limited background on the topic, and provides a thesis that explains what the paper is about.
What is the introductory paragraph.
500
These are the first and second person perspective words that students should avoid in academic writing.
What is I and You. (or other appropriate examples.
500
These are the symbols used to add citations to a paper.
What are parenthesis ()
500
This is a type of narrative writing that tells a story from your own life.
What is a personal narrative.
500
This theme is shown in Star Wars by the story details of Luke Skywalker receiving his fathers light saber, and finally leaving the farm.
What is coming of age.
500
This is like a thesis, and tells what the paper is about, but this also explains what an argumentative essay would be arguing for.
What is a claim.