Root Words
Revision and Editing
Parts of Speech
Short Story and Plot Elements
Grammar
100
This root word means to see, look
What is spec.
100
Which comes first editing or revising?
What is revising.
100
This part of speech is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence
What is a verb.
100
Which short story element tells the reader where and when the story takes place?
What is the setting.
100
I like to play Scrabble. I am a good speller. My vocabulary is broad.
What is Because of my vocabulary and spelling skills, I like to play Scrabble.
200
This root word means to cut, separate.
What is sect.
200
When we revise, we revise for Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice and ____________
What is sentence fluency.
200
This part of speech modifies or describes a person, place or thing in a sentence.
What is an adjective.
200
This short story element is the process of showing the characters' personality.
What is characterization.
200
Combine the following sentences: The dog is white. The dog is old. The dog comes over every Friday
What is: The old white dog comes over every Friday.
300
This root word(s) means to send.
What is miss or mit.
300
What is the acronym that we use for revising?
What is RADaR
300
Which part of speech can be described as "to the school house"?
What is a preposition.
300
What is the only form of internal conflict that can be found in a short story?
What is Man versus Himself.
300
The following sentence is an example of ____________. The cat was in the yard when my dog chased it up a tree it was stuck for two hours.
What is a run on sentence.
400
This root word means writing.
What is graph
400
The following sentence needs what forms of editing done to it? the dog were my ferst and he was the best dog evr?
What is capitalization, spelling and punctuation.
400
Which part of speech is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word-group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.
What is an adverb.
400
What are the five plot elements?
What is the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
400
Look at the sentence below and determine which grammar issues are present. the wight dog kept returning to our home so we decided to keep them?
What is Capitalization, Spelling, Subject-Verb Agreement, and Punctuation.
500
This root word means to carry.
What is port.
500
Edit the following sentence: You're mother told me too come and git you and yo brotha.
What is: You're mother told me to come and get you and your brother.
500
FANBOYS are what part of speech?
What are coordinating conjunctions.
500
What does the exposition normally introduce in a short story?
What is the setting, conflict, or characters.
500
The following sentence is an example of ____________. We put up our Christmas Tree every year the day after Thanksgiving, today we will put our tree.
What is a comma splice.