Comparison of two unlike things using like or as. Ex: The new bicycle was as shiny as a new penny
What is simile
100
carefully checking your writing for mistakes
What is editing/proofreading
100
Writing that appeals to the senses. Ex: The slimy slithering snake hissed and bared its sharp white fangs. Its skin looked like soft leather with green and black diamonds
What is Imagery/Sensory details
100
Put in your own words
What is to paraphrase
100
Write what you believe and back it up with evidence
What is to state
200
Giving human qualities to an inanimate object (something not alive) ex: The flowers danced in the breeze
What is personification
200
collecting ideas for your writing/organizing your ideas into categories
What is brainstorming
200
Similar sounds at the ends of lines in poetry. Ex:
Little Miss Muffet
sat on a tuffet
What is rhyming
200
Present solutions or events that COULD happen
What is predict
200
To go over the main points using the fewest words possible
What is to summarize
300
The repetition of initial sounds in words. ex: My mother made me make my messy bed.
What is alliteration
300
the sentence that ends a paragraph
What is closing sentence/conclusion
300
The pattern or beat of a poem.
What is rhythm
300
Provide FACTS to support your statement that is truthful
What is to prove
300
to organize things into categories or groups
What is to organize or classify
400
Comparison of to unlike things. ex: My brother was a bear this morning
What is a metaphor
400
the FIRST organized writing of your topic/paper
What is rough draft
400
Stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
What is meter
400
To show how two or more concepts are related
What is to relate
400
to make a judgment and support it with evidence
What is to criticize
500
Complete exaggeration. Ex: I am so hungry I could eat a horse
What is a hyperbole
500
when you make changes to your writing that improves your writing
What is revising
500
Use of words whose sound is the word. Ex: Buzz, Hiss, Pop
What is onomatopeia
500
To examine the information critically and comment on the important statements (as a whole)