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Writing Skills
Sentence types
Punctuation
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
100
The process of planning before you begin writing.
What is prewriting?
100
Karen loves dogs.
What is a simple sentence?
100
What punctuation is missing? I need to buy three things gum, popcorn, and pizza.
What is a colon (:)?
100
The popcorn was like styrofoam!
What is a simile?
100
What part of speech is the first word in the sentence? Frogs are green.
What is a noun
200
Nearly every essay or story should begin with one of these.
What is a hook (or a good lead).
200
Bob raked the yard, and Kevin washed the car.
What is a compound sentence?
200
What punctuation is missing? Where, oh where, can my little dog be
What is a question mark?
200
Calling a Colorado kangaroo a koala is a confusing catchphrase.
What is alliteration?
200
What part of speech is the first word in the sentence? In the mornings, I need coffee.
What is a preposition?
300
This paragraph restates the thesis, and adds a final thought, "so what?," or a take-away.
What is the conclusion.
300
Before you go to bed, you should brush your teeth.
What is a complex sentence?
300
What punctuation is missing? The Hogs won the baseball game their next game is on Friday.
What is a semicolon?
300
She let the cat out of the bag right before the party.
What is an idiom?
300
What part of speech is the first word in the sentence? Sing as loud as you can.
What is a verb?
400
The number of body paragraphs in a standard essay.
What is three?
400
Even though Mary was the fastest, Jane won the race on a technicality.
What is a complex sentence?
400
What punctuation is missing? My friend is amazing and she is visiting next week.
What is a comma?
400
The clouds made balloon animals in the sky.
What is a metaphor?
400
What part of speech is the first word in the sentence? Thick, green moss covered the pond.
What is an adjective?
500
On a tic-tac-toe thesis plan, this acronym will help you remember your steps.
What is REF?
500
Mary called her father who is a busy man, and he called her right back.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
What punctuation is unnecessary? I want to go to the movies, because I have not been in four months.
What is the comma?
500
The tree danced and waved in the breeze, welcoming spring with the rest of us.
What is personification?
500
What part of speech is the first word in the sentence? Quickly, the pitcher threw to 2nd base for the out.
What is an adverb?