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Writing Process
Roots
Six Traits
Literary Terms
More Literary Terms
100
Prewriting
An activity that causes the writer to think about the subject and organize thoughts before writing
100
animal
zoo
100
The mechanical correctness of a piece of writing
conventions
100
The time and place of a literary work
Setting
100
A struggle between two opposing forces
Conflict
200
Publishing
The writing piece is prepared in final form and shared with others
200
large
macro
200
The internal structure of writing
organization
200
The sequence of events in a literary work; a writer's pattern
Plot
200
The moment of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense; also called the crisis or turning point
Climax
300
Drafting
The process of putting ideas down on paper where the focus is on content, not mechanics
300
water
hydro
300
The vocabulary the writer chooses to convey meaning.
word choice
300
Creation and development of a character
Characterization
300
The most important character
Main Character
400
Editing
Mechanical, grammatical, and spelling errors are fixed
400
self
auto
400
The rhythm and flow of language in an essay which includes sentence variety.
sentence fluency
400
The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates
Mood
400
Introduction of characters, setting, theme
Exposition
500
Revising
The process of adding to, reorganizing, and getting input from others
500
distance, far
tele
500
The writer's personality, feelings, and convictions come through in the essay.
voice
500
Character who changes or grows during story
Dynamic Character
500
The attitude a writer takes towards a subject
Tone