| A | B |
|---|
| Prewriting | Gathering and organizing of ideas |
| Drafting | Writing without worrying about errors |
| Revising | Making improvement in how it is organized |
| Proofreading | Checking for errors in spelling, capitalizing and grammar (punctuation) |
| Final Draft | Paper finished, without mistakes |
| Ideas | These are focused on the topic sentence |
| Organization | Ideas are presented logically, in a way that makes sense. |
| Sensory Details | Paints a picture in the reader's mind. Hear, See, Smell, Touch, Taste |
| Onamatopeia | Sound words, like "snap." |
| Voice | Shows you've got personality |
| Neatness | Makes the writing more readable |
| Creativity | Ideas are original, new, fresh. Imagination was put to work |
| Peer editing | Students look at each other's writings. They point to things they like, mistakes and how it can be improved. |
| Conclusion in Personal Narrative | Sums of the writing. States a feeling about experience. |
| Topic Sentence | What the paragraph is about. |
| Transition word | Helps paragraph flow, like "First," "Next," "Furthermore" |
| Specific words | Word is more specific, like Cappuccino, instead of coffee |
| Adverb | Describes verbs, like "quickly" |
