1. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
A Visual Tool or Graphic Organizer is a way of organizing your thoughts, and brainstorming. It is the first part of the writing process.
English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment

2. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
There are 5 steps to the Writing Process. They are: 1. Brainstorming, with a graphic organizer
2. Making an outline, starting to decide where details will go in your paper
3. Write a Rough draft, putting your ideas into paragraph form
4. Edit, look through your paper and make corrections
5. Publish your final draft, write your final copy
English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment

3. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
An introduction is where you state what the paper is going to be about. It is where you introduce the topic you are going to talk about.
A body paragraph addresses one of the topics listed in the introduction. Each body paragraph focuses on only one thing.
A conclusion is the end of the paper, where you wrap it all up. Summarize what you have just written, and use your introduction to help you with this.
A topic sentence is a sentence in the introduction that states what your paper is going to be about.
Supporting details are all of the details you put inside your body paragraphs that support or add interest to what you are talking about. The more details the better!
English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment

4. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
Commas are needed:
To show a pause in speech
To list things
To connect sentences together
After a transition word or transitional phrase
To insert information in the sentence that is not required to be there
Capitalization is needed for:
People’s names
Specific place
Beginning of a sentence
First word inside quotations
Proper nouns such as Nike or Cheerios
English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment

5. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
Exclamation points are used to show great expression or excitement.
Question marks are used to indicate a question being asked.
Periods are used to show the end of a sentence.
Semicolons are used to connect two sentences together, without using a conjunction such as and, or, but.
Apostrophes are used to show possession or ownership, and to also connect words together (contractions).
Colons are used to indicate a list or bullet of items is coming. You can also use it to indicate that you are giving an example of something.
Quotation Marks are used to show direct dialogue or to reference short literary pieces.
English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment

6. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
A run-on sentence is a sentence that is too long, has too much information, and is lacking punctuation.
A fragment is only part of a sentence. It is NOT a complete thought, and is lacking either a noun or a verb.
A simple sentence is a whole thought, and very short.
A compound sentence is two simple sentences combined together with a conjunction such as and, or, but.
A complex sentence is a sentence with one whole sentence, and a fragment of a sentence.
A compound complex sentence is a compound sentence, and a fragment of a sentence.
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7. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
The eight parts of speech are:
Nouns: people, places, things
Pronouns: replace nouns
Verbs: action words
Adverbs: describe verbs (usually end in ly)
Adjectives: describing words (describes nouns)
Conjunctions: connecting words, such as and, or, but.
Interjections: any interruption in speech such as HEY!
Prepositions: anywhere you can go, such as above, beyond, up, down, over, under, through, between, near, next to, etc.
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8. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
Transition Words are words you use to move from sentence to sentence, in order to make your paper flow better. Examples of these are:
Furthermore For Example Conclusively However Therefore In addition Moreover First Finally On the other hand
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9. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
Subject Verb Agreement is when the subject in the sentence agrees with the verb.
If the subject is singular the verb has to be singular
If the subject is plural the verb has to be plural
Example:
The trees were green PLURAL
The tree was green SINGULAR
The trees are green PLURAL
The tree is green SINGULAR
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10. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
Author’s Purpose is the reason why the author is writing.
Writing to entertain means simply writing a story. This is a narrative type of writing.
Writing to inform means writing to educate. This is an informational type of writing.
Writing to persuade means writing to try and get someone else to buy or believe something. This is a persuasive type of writing.
** You also need to know what Expositional writing is. This is where you are writing for a purpose.
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11. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
Chronological Writing is writing in sequence. You tell what happens first, second, and last.
Compare/Contrast Writing is writing to show similarities and differences between two topics or items.
Cause/Effect Writing is when you tell what happened, and what occurred as a result of that happening.
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12. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
When to use who: When you are using a singular subject, ex: Who is Sally?
When to use whose: When you want to show ownership, ex: Whose shoes are those?
When to use whom: When you can replace the subject with him, making it an object.
When to use who’s: When you want to say who is, and can replace who’s in the sentence with who is.
EXAMPLE:
Original statement: James didn’t know who/whom would win.
Replace with he/him: James didn’t know he would win.
Therefore: James didn’t know who would win.
Original statement: With who/whom should Trey go?
Rephrase and replace with he/him: Should Trey go with him?
Therefore: With whom should Trey go?
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13. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
What is the purpose for brainstorming?
To organize your ideas and thoughts before writing your paper!!!
What is the purpose for editing?
To make corrections to your paper so you can create your final copy.
Staying on topic in your paper means only talking about the subject you stated in your introduction, or in the prompt.
How do you spot off topic sentences in the paper?
You look for the sentences that are not directly and specifically related to the topic.
Pronouns are words that replace nouns within the sentence. For example:
She He Her Him His They Them We
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14. English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment
Neither/Nor vs. Either/Or
You use Neither and Nor when you are talking about something that does not exist.
Ex: He is neither funny nor is he intelligent.
You use Either and Or when you are talking about something that may or may not exist.
Ex: He is either funny or intelligent.
English 7 - Writer's Stylus Assessment