Writing Stories in Cursive!

Anatomy of a Letter

100

Imaginary floor that the letters sit on

What is the Baseline

200

Part of a letter that rises above the midline

What is an Ascender

300

Part of a letter that hangs below the baseline

What is a descender

What Letter is it?

100

This letter is the only one that has a tail going both up and down

What is the letter f

200

This letter looks like a mountain with two humps in cursive but only has one in print

What is the letter n

300

This letter is like a backwards capital S in cursive

What is the letter I

Fine Details

100

To get a good slant, you should tilt your paper to the _____

What is Left

200

Before ball point pens, people used the sharpened ends of bird's feathers called ____

What is a quill

300

The metal tip of a fountain pen that holds the ink is called the ___

What is the nib