Grammar Parts of a Story Good Writing Create a Sentence Editing
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Person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
100
The climax
What is the part of a story where emotions and excitement are highest? This is the big event in a story.
100
Every sentence should start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
What should every sentence start and end with?
100
The dog ran to his bowl and ate his food.
Say a complete sentence with 2 verbs in it.
100
The "t" in "the" needs to be capitalized.
What needs to be fixed in this sentence?
"the school was only ten blocks from my house."
200
An action word
What is a verb?
200
The rising action
What is the part of a story where minor characters are introduced and events are leading up to the climax?
200
Indention
What is the space at the beginning of every new paragraph called?
200
Billy and his brother went to the park.
Say a complete sentence with 2 nouns in it.
200
We need to add a subject or noun.
What needs to be fixed in this sentence?
"Ran away from the building because it was on fire."
300
A description word
What is an adjective?
300
The falling action
What is the part of a story where there are small events following the climax? This part of the story begins to resolve some problems throughout the story.
300
Dialogue is the words being said between characters.
Good writers include dialogue in their stories. What is dialogue?
300
I went to the ice cream shop and wanted to get chocolate. There was no chocolate left so I got vanilla.
This is a run-on sentence. Make it into two separate sentences.
"I went to the ice cream shop and wanted to get chocolate but there was no chocolate left so I got vanilla."
300
We need to add a predicate or action.
What needs to be fixed in this sentence?
"Carlos, Joe, Sally, and Hannah."
400
Who or what the sentence is about
What is the subject of a sentence?
400
The exposition
What is the part of a story where there is an opening sentence, the main character is introduced, and there is a clear description of the setting?
400
Sequencing is writing events in the same order that they happen.
Good writers use correct sequencing in their stories. What is sequencing?
400
The black and white zebra looked very strong as he ran through the grass.
Say a sentence that has 3 adjectives describing a zebra.
400
Quotation marks
What are the "marks" called that should always be around a quote, dialogue, or speech in a story?
500
Tells something about the subject/ The rest of the sentence following the subject
What is the predicate of a sentence?
500
The resolution
What is the part of a story where the whole story is wrapping up? This part of a story does not introduce new characters. It ends with a conclusion sentence.
500
It means to use good description words, dialogue, and emotions to help the reader see the same thing in their head that the writer sees.
Good writers "paint a picture" for their readers. This does not mean there are pictures in the book. What does "painting a picture for your reader" mean?
500
Bob saw a scared cat in the tree so he rescued the cat by getting him down.
These 3 sentences can be combined into one. Say a possibility for doing so.
"Bob saw a cat in a tree. The cat looked scared. Bob rescued the cat by getting him down."
500
The story switches between past and present. A writer has to stick with one for their whole story.
What is wrong with this short story?
"I was walking on the sidewalk. I stop to look at the sky. There were birds flying as the clouds float by. I thought about how nice of a day it is."






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