This part of the writing process helps keep my writing organized, makes sure I answer all parts of the prompt, and helps me to manage my time.
What is the plan?
100
A complete simple sentence must have these two parts.
What is a subject (noun) and predicate (verb)?
100
The place, time period, time of day, are all examples of a story's _________?
What is setting?
100
"Before yesterday afternoon, I was like any other ordinary kid." is an example of this type of sentence.
What is a complex sentence.
200
The main purpose of informational/explanatory writing.
What is to inform/explain?
200
The _______ grabs my reader's attention and the ______ leaves my reader feeling satisfied.
What are the lead and the conclusion?
200
run, hug, dance, and think are all examples of this part of speech.
What are verbs?
200
The most important part of giving your thinking (opinion) about something you read is to do this.
What is support your opinion with examples from the text.
200
quickly, suddenly, yesterday, tomorrow, and sloppily are all examples of this part of speech.
What are adverbs?
300
The main purpose of opinion writing.
What is to persuade?
300
This makes images clear in the reader's mind and makes my writing sound original and compelling.
What is great word choice?
300
work/play, asleep/awake, and kind/cruel are examples of
What are antonyms?
300
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution are all parts of a ________ mountain in narrative texts.
What is plot?
300
"He ran like a fox being hunted by a hundred hounds" is an example of this type of figurative langauge.
What is a simile?
400
A craft move that is very important to ALL writing genres.
What is descriptive detail?
400
This craft move is very important to making narrative writing compelling. It must always have quotation marks around it.
What is dialogue?
400
sweet/kind/nice and playful/silly/animated are all examples of this.
What are synonyms?
400
The presentation of events and scenes in fiction so that the reader is prepared to some degree for what happens later in the work. (Clues an author gives for what will happen later).
What is foreshadowing?
400
auto-, mono-, uni-, and anti- are all examples of these.
What are prefixes?
500
"On the other hand," "For example," and "The following day," are examples of this craft move.
What are transitions?
500
The acronym R.A.F.T.S. stands for this. All of these are important to find in a prompt before you start writing.
What is Role, Audience, Format, Topic, and Strong verb?
500
bow/bow, produce/produce, and read/read are examples of this.
What are homographs?
500
"Now Reader, you may well be wondering why a person might shout at the top of her lungs in a library. You are rightly concerned." is an example of this Point of View.
What is 2nd person?
500
their/there/they're and to/too/two are examples of this.