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50 Cards in this Set
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Outline
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Organizes ideas, statements, information before writing.
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Expository
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A type of writing (or text) meant to inform, explain, or teach the reader.
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Narrative
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A type of writing (or text) meant to tell a story through entertaining the reader.
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Persuasive
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A type of writing (or text) meant to persuade the reader to do or think a certain way.
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Descriptive writing
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A type of writing (or text) that describes something in detail. Used often with narrative.
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Simple sentence
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A sentence containing one subject and one predicate.
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Independent clause
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Also known as a simple sentence.
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Dependent clause
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Contains a subordinating conjunction and used in complex sentences.
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FANBOYS
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Coordinating conjunctions.
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Coordinating conjunctions
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For, And, Nor, But Or, Yet, So.
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Compound sentences
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Use FANBOYS to connect a subject and predicate with another subject and predicate.
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Subject
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The Who or What of a sentence (a noun with a job)
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Predicate
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Either shows what the subject is doing or describes the subject.
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Predicate
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ALWAYS begins with a verb, helping verb, or adverb.
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Transitions
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Help move the story or essay along from one idea to the next; one paragraph to the next.
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Transitional phrases
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On the other hand; Finally; For example; In conclusion...
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Plagiarism
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Failing to cite your source or use quotation marks when pulling information word for word from a text.
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Sources
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Where you gather information and quotes for an essay.
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Phrase
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A collection of words that DO NOT CONTAIN a subject and predicate.
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Clause
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A collection of words containing a subject and predicate.
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Simple sentence
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Subject + Predicate
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Compound sentence
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(Subject+Predicate)+,Coordinating Conjunction+(Subject+Predicate)
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Complex sentence
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(Subject+Predicate)+[Subordinating Conjunction+(Subject+Predicate)]
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Dependent clause
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[Subordinating conjunction+(Subject+Predicate)]
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Title
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Can give the first vague or specific idea of what a text is about.
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Infer
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The make an educated guess.
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Foreshadow
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When the author gives hints to the reader about things that will happen later in the text.
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Personification
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Giving human-like characteristics to inanimate objects or concepts.
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Literally
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Actually
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Assumption
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To say or believe something to be true that you are not 100% sure is true.
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Context clues
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Information within the text that can help you infer word meanings or information within the text.
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Imagery
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Sentences/words that create images within the mind of the reader through their details.
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Metaphor
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EX- The girl was a monkey, climbing all over the jungle gym with ease and talent.
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Simile
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EX- I felt like I had a hammer pounding against my brain.
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Summary
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Uses the most important information within a story or text to create a shorter version of the text.
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Plot
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The events within a story. The storyline.
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Theme
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The moral or message of the story.
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Conflict
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The struggle or problem within a story that helps move the plot forward.
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Setting
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The where and when of a story.
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Character
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The people or creatures that carry the plot forward through their words and interactions.
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Period
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Used at the end of a sentence or with an abbreviation.
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Comma
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Used to show the reader a pause in the writing.
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Question mark
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Used at the end of a interrogative (question) sentence.
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Exclamation point
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Used at the end of a sentence that shows great/extreme emotion.
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Appositive
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EX- Baseball, America's favorite pastime, is the sport I enjoy playing the best.
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Essay prompts
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Tell you what TYPE of writing to do and what you are supposed to write about.
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Indent
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What to do when beginning a new paragraph.
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Editing
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Checking for spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and comprehension issues within a text.
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Read the questions
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What you should do FIRST for each article when taking the STAAR.
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Key words
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Words within the text and questions that will show you what to look for and how to find the correct answer.
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