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Essay Outline/Format
Genres
Types of Writing
(Narrative, Opinion, or Informative)
Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones
Parts of Speech
100
We always begin our sentences with a:
Capital letter
100
This genre involves solving crimes and looking for clues! It can be real or fiction
Mystery
100
When you are asked to write a story about your own life events
Narrative
100
Bow (tie) Bow (bend over)
Homograph
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a NOUN
200
We indent when we...
Begin a new paragraph!
200
This genre is based on true events from someones life, but is written by someone else...
Biography
200
When you are asked to read an article and just provide facts
Informative/Expository
200
Two, to, too
Homophone
200
An action or something we can do...
What is a VERB
300
We capitalize the words in our title, as well as put the title in...
Quotation Marks ""
300
These stories are ones that COULD really happen, but did not...
Realistic Fiction
300
Writing when you must describe your thoughts or feelings and reasons why others might disagree with you...
Argument/Opinion
300
Scale (measure of weight) Scale (to climb)
Homonym
300
Words that string together clauses and phrases
What is a CONJUNCTION
400
To pull a reader in, we introduce our first paragraph with a...
Topic sentence/ question
400
This form of writing usually involves rhymes and/or riddles. The words have rhythm...
Poetry
400
Another name for persuasive writing
Opinion/Argumentative
400
When words have the same SOUND (phono), but different spelling...
Homophone
400
Words that tell the location of one object in relation to another...
What is a PREPOSITION
500
We use these transition words to make paragraphs and sentences flow more nicely...
Fancy- Buts/ Conjunctions
500
This form of writing usually contains time- travel or mystical creatures...
Fantasy
500
Another name for informative writing
Expository
500
When words have the same spelling (graph), but different sound...
Homograph
500
Words that give more detail to HOW an action (verb) is done...
What is an ADVERB