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A verb.
What part of speech is an action word?
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Capital letter, period (full stop acceptable).
A ______ must go at the beginning of every sentence and a _______ must go at the end.
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An indentation. (Period and capital letter okay, but no points)
What do you need at the beginning of a new paragraph to separate it from what came before?
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Rarely.
Which word is a synonym of seldom:
soon, always, rarely, trouble |
A pronoun.
What part of speech takes the place of a noun?
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A subject (noun/pronoun) and a verb.
What two types of words must be present in every sentence?
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Many acceptable answers.
Share one phrase you remember from one of the descriptive writing pieces we have read together.
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Frigid.
Extremely cold in temperature
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Person, place, thing, or idea (any three).
List 3 things a noun gives the name of.
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Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, and Spelling
What does "C.U.P.S." stand for?
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Depends on the student.
Name one thing you could personally do to improve the descriptive writing piece you got feedback on last week.
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Obsolete.
Since the invention of computers, typewriters have become ________.
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Any adverb is acceptable.
Give an example of an adverb and use it in a sentence.
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Proper nouns: names of people, places, holidays, months, days of the week, etc.
What type of words require a capital letter?
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Entertaining beginning/"hook"
Elaborative details Suspense Main event Conclusion
Name 3 elements present in descriptive writing. (There are 5).
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A place in the desert where water can be found.
What is an oasis?
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Nouns and pronouns (just nouns is acceptable).
What part(s) of speech can an adjective modify?
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Capitalize "I"
Take out comma Add apostrophe in "didn't" Add period
Fix 2 errors in the following sentence.
i walk to the store, but didnt buy any milk |
Top bun: Topic sentence
Lettuce/Tomato/Cheese: Juicy details Meat: Most important detail Bottom bun: Conclusion sentence
Name all the parts of a hamburger-style paragraph.
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Appearing calm and relaxed, not anxious.
What does nonchalant mean?
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