7th Grade STAAR Writing Review, Week 2 – Flashcards
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draft
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a first version of a written document such a speech, essay, etc.
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organizational strategy
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a plan for how writing is to be put together
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coherent
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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revise
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examine and improve through rewriting, adding, deleting, upgrading vocabulary, etc.
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precise
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Clearly expressed; exact; accurate in every detail
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vivid
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very distinct and sharp, realistic, easy for reader to visualize or imagine
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transition
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words, phrases or sentences that tie the speech ideas together and enable the speaker to move smoothly from one point to the next, provide a consistency of movement from one point to the next and cue the audience that new point will be mad
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simple sentence
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A sentence consisting of one independent clause(subject, verb, and complete idea) and no dependent clause
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compound sentence
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A sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) or a semicolon.
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complex sentence
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A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
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personal narrative
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personal writing that covers an event in the writer's life
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consequence
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A result or effect of an action or condition; at the end of a narrative, it is the lesson learned or the effect of the action described in the essay
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essay
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A SHORT WORK OF NONFICTION DEALING WITH A SINGLE SUBJECT
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capitalization
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Capitalize: All proper names. All titles, positions, or indications of family relation when preceding a proper name or in place of a proper noun. Days of the week, months, and holidays. Names of organizations and membership designations. Racial, religious, and political designations. Specific addresses and geographic locations. Sums of money written in legal or business documents. Titles or headings of books, magazines, and newspapers.
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resource
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in reading and writing, a source of information; examples include dictionary, thesaurus, internet, encyclopedia, textbook, library book
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introduction
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In an essay, this includes the"hook" - anecdote, interesting facts, humorous story, personal experience-and the most important element, the controlling idea or what the essay will be about.
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conclusion
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the ending or last paragraph in a written work; must contain an "echo" or restatement of controlling idea or thesis, then either a comment about future connected to theme or comment about lesson learned
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controlling idea
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A sentence that expresses the main idea and the direction the paper is taking
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extraneous
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irrelevant, extra; unnecessary comments or information in writing
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inconsistency
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In writing and logic, an idea that does not fit in or support the point the author is making
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synthesize
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Combine so as to form a more complex, product; in writing, this means to combine ideas to come to a new conclusion or point
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evidence
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Evidence is the specific pieces of information that support a claim. Evidence can take that form of facts, quotations, examples, statistics, or personal experiences among others.
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viewpoint
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In writing, this is an expression of an opinion or standpoint.
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Fact
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A statement that can be proved.
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Opinion
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A personal belief or attitude; cannot be proven true or false
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appositive phrase
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A group of words that stands next to a noun or pronoun and renames or adds information or details to it.
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prepositional phrase
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A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
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relative pronoun
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A pronoun that begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in a sentence;whose, whom, who, which, and that
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subordinating conjunction
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connects 2 clauses that are not equal or the same type (running a marathon is tough BECAUSE of the taxation on your body) if, although, as, when, because, since, though, when, whenever, after, unless, while, whereas, even though AWUBIS
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coordinating conjunction
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FANBOYS- For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So), can be used to connect two independent clauses together. Usually accompanied by a comma (BEFORE the FANBOYS)
