ELA 1st Nine Wks WOW Elements Of Writing

Marks (...) indicating an omission.

Using more words than necessary to convey an idea.

The act of leaving out one or more words that are not necessary for a passage to be understood.

Opening sentence(s) used to get the reader's attention & spark their interest in a topic.

Term used to describe Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling [CUPS].

The attitude of an author toward the subject that he or she is writing about.

A short statement that summarizes the main point or claim.

Refers to the writer's voice; writer controls the language to engage the reader ...

Writing that follows the rules of standard English ; written in third person.

Unnecessary repetition or overlapping of words.

Expanding or stretching writing by adding more specific details.

Arrangements of ideas in writing; ideas must be arranged in a clear, logical order ...