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What does comely mean?
Comely means attractive
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What does fickle mean?
Fickle means indecisive
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What does visage mean?
Visange means appearance, or face.
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What does grotesque mean?
Grotesque means bizzare.
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What does odious mean?
Odious means strong dislike.
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What does vituperative mean?
Vituperative means abusive, or mean.
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What does rue mean?
Rue means regret.
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What does copious mean?
Copious means a lot.
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What does demeanor mean?
Demeanor means behavior, or a way a person behaves.
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What does woebegone mean?
Woebegone means miserable.
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What does regale mean?
Regale means to entertain.
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What is narrative writing?
Narrative writing is telling a story.
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What is a common noun? What is a proper noun?
- A common noun is a general person, (not name of person) place, or thing.
- A proper noun is a noun that is a title or a name of a person, place, or thing.
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What is the magic three?
The magic three are three verbs in a sequence with description.
(Example: Isabella signed the letter, sealed the flap, and delivered it to the post office.)
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What is a simile?
A simile is an sentence that compares two things seperated with like, or is ___ as.
- (Example: Her fur is as soft as a pillow.
- The flashlight was bright like the sun. )
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What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a statement that describes something as it not is physically.
Her smile was the sun
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What is onomatopoeia?
- Sound words
- (Example: Crash, Boom, Bang)
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What is a verb?
A verb is something you can do, or an action.
(Example: Crunch, Walk, Run, Jump. Is is a verb, too.)
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What are the three different types of writing?
Narrative writing, Expository writing, and Descriptive writing.
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What are different types of narrative writing?
Personal narrative, and fiction.
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What are different types of expository writing?
Personal essay, essay, persuasive essay, reasearch paper.
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What is a kind of descriptive writing?
Poetry.
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What are three good leads?
Startinf with action, dialoge, and inner-thinking.
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What do strong endings include?
Strong endings include important:
Strong endings also include a:
Whole story remeinder
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What are some personal narrative crafts?
Dialoge, Details, Inner-thinking, Action, onomatopoeia, simile/metaphor, alliteration, exaggeration, etc.
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What is alliteration?
- Using the same consanant in the begginning of a word repeatedly in a sentence.
- (Example: The ragged rascal ran.)
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What questions should you ask yourself when you are test-driving a piece of writing?
- 1.) Does this piece have a moment of strong emotion or tension?
- 2.) Why is this moment important?
- 3.) What is the lesson I learned?
- 4.)I want my reader to feel...
- 5.)Am I ready to take this risk?
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What does IADD stand for?
- Inner-thinking
- Action
- Dialoge
- Details
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What is a theme statement?
The central idea of a piece of writing.
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What are the steps for generating strategy #1?
- 1.) List things important to you
- 2.) Choose one of the things and make a timeline of "times when"
- 3.) Choose a "times when"
- 4.) Write your seed entry!
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What are the steps for generating strategy #2?
- 1.) Make lists of times when you felt a certain emotion
- 2.) Choose one of your ideas and write a seed entry
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What are the steps for generating strategy #3?
- 1.) Make a chart of firsts, lasts, and the change that happened
- 2.) Pick a moment and write a seed entry
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what is a fragment?
A sentence without a verb.
Every sentence needs a verb. Some sentences accept fragments, depending on the concept.
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