| A | B |
| quotation marks | show the exact words of a speaker |
| repetition | the repeating of a word or phrase |
| revising | the stage in writers make changes |
| run-on-sentence | two or more sentences not separated by punctuation or connection words |
| sentence | a group of words that expresses a complete thought |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| simile | uses the word like or as to compare two things |
| simple predicate | main word or words in the complete predicate |
| simple subject | the main word in the subject part of a sentence |
| singular noun | names one person, place, thing or idea |
| space order | words used to write description |
| subject pronoun | I, you, she, he, it, we, and they |
| suffix | word part added to the end of a word |
| supporting sentence | develops the main idea in a paragraph |
| synonyms | words with similar meaning |
| tense | shows time of the action |
| thesaurus | gives synonyms for words |
| topic sentence | the main idea of a paragraph |
| verb | w word that shows action |
| writing | stage in which writers put their ideas on paper |