Parts of Speech
"In the early morning," "on a rainy afternoon," and "for several long hours," are all examples of this type of prepositional phrase.
What is a when phrase?
It ended in 1975 with the docking of Apollo and Soyuz craft in orbit, both literally and symbolically joining the US and USSR.
What is the Space Race?
Don't call it a where or when phrase! This term describes the time and place a story takes place in.
What is the setting?
This American folk hero was said to have beaten a horse in a footrace, disintegrated a boulder dynamite couldn't blast, and, most famously, beaten a steam drill in a race through a mountain.
Who is John Henry?
This pre-writing tool helps you to keep your thoughts in the right place.
What is the graphic organizer?
These three small words tell us if a noun is specific or general, and if there is more than one.
What is an article?
What is a, an, the?
Whether you call her Luna or the Moon, this tidal generator is Earth's largest, and only natural this.
What is a satellite?
This is how an author shows what a person in the story is like.
What is characterization?
Gods and goddesses often teach real-world, though often exaggerated, heroes in these stories that explain how or why something happens.
What are myths and legends?
The first step of the Writing Process, you have to do this to understand what you're going to be writing about.
What is read the prompt?
Let's get together and have some fun, but not too much fun! These little words join together words, phrases, and clauses/
What is a conjunction?
Not a Cincinnati baseball team, "the Reds" described the adversaries to the United States during the Space Race.
Who are the Soviets?
Who are the Russians?
Not a point on a graph, this is how an author organizes a story.
What is the plot?
Taking from the rich and giving to the poor, this British folk hero even got his own Disney movie.
Who is Robin Hood?
Bring your thunder! This step in the writing process is an important one to get all your ideas onto the page.
What is brainstorm?
Rough, rocky, smooth, and silken are all examples of this 6 Senses adjective type.
What is texture?
Apollo's sister, this Greek goddess of the hunt lent her name to NASA's new moon program, aiming to establish a base of operations within a decade.
Who is Artemis?
No fighting! This term describes the struggles or problems the characters face in a story.
What is conflict?
Talk about a tall tale! This giant man of American folklore had a blue ox named Babe as a companion.
Who is Paul Bunyan?
After penning your rough draft, this crucial step helps you catch your errors.
What is proofreading?
What is revision?
These kernels aren't for popping! These parts of speech make up the Expanded Kernel Sentence.
What is article, adjective(s), noun, verb, prepositions (where and when phrases).
This three letter term means, "when an astronaut works outside of their spacecraft."
What is an EVA?
You might catch it if it's recurring, this term tells us what the big idea of a story is.
What is the theme?
Born in Massachusetts in 1774, the man in this folk-tale is known across America for establishing apple orchards in the mid-western frontiers.
Who is Johnny Appleseed?
Who is John Chapman?
You might feel dizzy after this step of the writing process where you use the prompt to create your topic sentence.
What is Turn The Question Around (TTQA)?