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Composition
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6 Traits
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Ideas
Organization
Voice
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Word Choice
Sentence Fluency |
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Genres |
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Personal
Narrative
Creative Imaginatives
Poetry
Friendly Letters |
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Poetry
Friendly Letters
Journal Entries
How-To Paragraph |
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How-To Paragraph
Story Elements-
Setting-
where and when the story takes place, Characters- who the story
is about, Plot- what happens to the characters in the setting
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 1. Folktale-
fictional
stories passed down for generations before being written down. No known
author.
2. Fable- fictional
stories (usually fantasy) with a lesson (moral) to learn at the end.
Often the main characters are animals.
3. Non-fiction- factual
information ex: biography, personal experience, news stories,
textbooks, encyclopedias, content books, etc.
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10. Prefixes-added to the
beginning of a word to change its meaning. Ex: re (do again) rewrap,
un (not) unhappy, dis (not or undo) dislike, disappear
11. Suffixes-added to the
end of a word to change its meaning. Ex: ful (full of) hopeful,
ly (in a certain manner) sadly, y (full of) rocky, less
(lack of) thoughtless
12. Antonyms- words that
have opposite meanings Ex: hot-cold, difficult-easy
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4. Fiction- any story that
did not happen (I took my pet dog for a walk.)
5. Fantasy- fictional
stories that could NEVER happen (My pet dog can fly.)
6. Poetry- usually shorter
that prose with rich sensory language that creates a mental and/or
emotional image
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13. Synonyms- words that
have similar meanings Ex: glad-happy, skinny-thin
14. Homophones- words that
sound the same but are different Ex: to, two, too bough, bow
15. Noun- person, place,
or thing Proper Nouns- names of people, places, products, etc.
(Must be capitalized.)Plural Nouns-nouns that represent more
than one thing Possessive Nouns-shows ownership/uses 's or s'
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Figurative language-
language that has meaning apart from the literal meaning of the words
8. Simile- compares two
things using like or as (a form of
figurative language)
9. Metaphor- compares two
things without using like or as (a form of figurative
language)
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16. Verb- action word,
helping verb(to be), linking verb (to be, to have)
17. Adjective- descriptive
word (size, color, number, appearance, etc)
18. Adverb- describes
verbs or adjectives. Ex: fast, quickly, slowly, ferociously, very,
brightly.
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16. Verb- action word,
helping verb(to be), linking verb (to be, to have)
17. Adjective- descriptive
word (size, color, number, appearance, etc)
18. Adverb- describes
verbs or adjectives. Ex: fast, quickly, slowly, ferociously, very,
brightly.
19. Subject- the part that
tells who or what the sentence is about
20. Predicate- the part
that tells what the subject does or thinks in the sentence
21. Compound word- two
words combined to create a new word with a unique meaning(sidewalk)
22. Contraction- two words
combined with one or more letters removed and replaced with an
apostrophe
23. Possessive- ownership-
usually expressed with an 's, dog's collar, baby's bottle
24. Plural- more than one
25. Comma- used to
separate things in a list, in dialogue, to separate phrases, etc.
26. Quotation marks- Used
to mark dialogue and titles- Ex: John said, "Please, pass the peas."
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