Grammar and Conventions
This type of letter is always found at the beginning of a sentence and a first name.
What is a capital letter?
The main character in a story always has one of these problems.
What is a conflict?
The beginning of your writing should always have one of these to interest your reader.
What is a hook or lead?
In this genre of fiction, animals represent people.
What are fables?
In this story, the main character doesn't think much of a mouse but lets him live anyway.
What is The Lion and The Mouse?
These types of marks go at the end of a complete sentence.
What are end marks?
In stories, these details tell you the time and place a story happens.
What is the setting?
The first or second sentence is a body paragraph is known as this.
What is the topic sentence?
What is a tall tale?
In this story, a father couldn't figure out which of his heroic sons to reward.
What is Anansi the Spider?
This part of a sentence can be a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
In fiction, this part of the story teaches a lesson.
What is the theme of the story?
This step in nonfiction writing requires the writer to search for information from many sources.
What is research?
This type of fiction include princes, princesses, queens, and kings.
What are fairy tales?
In this story, this man was wanted to be as powerful as the sun but realizes he was better off as he was.
What is the stonecutter?
This part of the predicate indicates the action of the subject, or in other words, what the subject is or does.
What is the verb?
When reading fiction, this is the part of the story when the story gets the most intense.
What is the climax of the story?
A good ending to a nonfiction writing piece is usually called a ...
What is a conclusion?
This type of fiction uses some real facts blended with made up details.
What is historical fiction?
This character learned not to talk into peoples' ears.
What is Why do Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears?
In a compound sentence, a comma always goes ...
When characters speak to each other, it is often called.
What is dialogue?
In this type of nonfiction writing, the author is trying to convince the reader to do something.
What is persuasive or opinion writing?
This type of fiction mixes science into fiction.
What is science fiction?
In this story, this character doesn't want to tell the truth because he is bored.
What is the boy who cried wolf?