Empowering Writers Review (Beginning, Detail, Suspense)

The first thing a writer should focus on when starting a short story is...

• Building Suspense

• Elaborate Detail

• Using a Pencil

• Entertaining Beginnings

When putting in elaborate detail, the author should...

• Add more action

• Stop the action

• Action

The main event of your story is the _______ part of your story

Referent words are..

• adverbs

  adjectives

  about things

• up

  down

  directions

• pronouns

  common nouns

  for making history

• adjectives

  nouns

  to reference a character

Which of the following is NOT one of the entertaining beginnings we discussed in class?

• Asking questions

• Using a song

• Dialogue

• A sound

When writing your main event, you want to...

• Use just one or two sentences

• Talk only about the main character

• Stretch out the action by including thoughts, questions, actions, & description

• Be sure to include as much dialogue as possible to ensure the reader knows the conversations

Words that shift the story quickly and give you a hint that something should change are called...

• Red Flag Words

• Green Words

• Changing Words

• Summary

The order of events in a story is...

• Somebody

  Someday

  Somehow

  Somewhere

• Somebody

  Wanted

  But

  So

  Then

• Somebody

  Wanted

  Cake

  But

  No

• Somehow

  Somewhere

  Something

  Happens

When we create suspense the reader...

• Jumps and Sleeps

• Worrys and Cares

• Wonders and Worries

• Does nothing

When adding elaborate detail, writers might describe...

• characters

  setting

  objects

• characters

  feelings

• setting

  character

• object

  setting

  feeling