Writing Terms #1-20

a short nonfiction work that expresses a writer’s thoughts about a single subject

• short story
• essay
• poem
• novel

 a type of essay in which the purpose is to inform or explain

• expository essay
• narrative essay
• persuasive essay
• descriptive essay

a type of essay on a topic related to the life or interests of the writer

• biographical essay
• autobiographical essay
• narrative essay
• expository essay

a type of essay in which the purpose is to present an argument and convince the reader

• persuasive essay
• narrative essay
• descriptive essay
• expository essay

writing that is about real people, places, things, and events

• fiction
• fantasy
• nonfiction
• imaginary

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

a statement that can be proven

• fact

• fragment

• opinion

• run-on

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a statement that tells an idea and would not be true all the time

• fragment

• Truth
• opinion

• Fact

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

the writer’s aim or goal

• to read

• an essay

• author's purpose

• Not mentioned

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

a group of words that makes a complete thought

• sentence
• phrase
• paragraph
• clause

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic

• chapter
• word
• sentence
• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RL.7.10