General Language Arts
The Writing Process
10th Grade ELA
Language
12th Grade ELA
100

This author, known for his raccoon hat, wrote many classic books, such as "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

Who is "Mark Twain"?

100

This is the profession of writing books

What is an "Author"?


100

This genre is typically associated with monsters, violence, or other various fears.

What is "Horror"?

100

This is the most common word in the English Language.

What is "the"?

100

The plot of this Shakespearean play revolves around a cast of characters trapped on an island in the middle of the sea.

What is "The Tempest"?

200

This popular detective was created by English writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Who is "Sherlock Holmes"?

200

This sentence is usually at the start of an essay and previews the subject.

What is a "thesis statement"?


200

This term refers to one's background, traditions, and clothing style, and generally relates to their sense of identity.

what is "culture"?

200

A, E, I, O, and U, make up this specific group of letters.

What are "vowels"?

200

This particular genre focuses on societies in which horrific circumstances have become the norm, usually characterized by complete governmental control.

What is Dystopian Literature?

300

This part of speech is used to identify persons, places, things, and ideas.

What is a "noun"?

300

This profession involves revising an author's work to ensure it is free from errors or poor formatting.

What is an "editor"?

300

This page is usually included in reports and research papers, and includes a list of the sources used and/or quoted within the paper.

What is a "bibliography" or "works cited" page?

300

This language is spoken by the most people in the world.

What is "Mandarin Chinese?"

300

This literary genre comes in many forms, and is comprised of free-verse, haikus, limmericks, and other similar formats.

what is "poetry"?

400

This figure of speech is used to compare two words, without using the phrases "like" or "as".

What is a "Metaphor"?

400

This type of essay is meant to convince others of a specific viewpoint.

What is a "Persuasive Essay"?

400

This part of the writing process typically takes place after the first rough draft is written, and allows students a chance to get feedback from others, in order to assist them in making revisions.

What is "Peer Editing/Review"?

400

These types of words are used to refer to people indirectly.

What are "pronouns"?

400

This form of media consists of facts that have been purposefully misrepresented in order to push a specific viewpoint or set of beliefs.

What is "Fake News" or propoganda?

500

This writing genre is primarily comprised of events that have not actually happened and contains multiple sub-genres including fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure

What is "fiction"?

500

This type of word is used to compare two subjects using the words "like" or "as".

What is a "simile"?

500

This term refers to the specific arrangement of words and grammatical elements in a sentence.

What is Syntax?

500

This phrase is used to describe someone who can fluently speak two languages.

What is "bilingual"?

500

This type of document is important for applying to jobs and typically contains your name, education experience, work experience, and several references.

What is a "resume"?