Writing Conventions

This IS a writing convention:

• spelling

• inference

• plot

Quotations, apostrophes, question marks, and periods are examples of

• capitalization

• paragraphing

• punctuation

These should be capitalized

• proper nouns

• spelling a number

• The first letter of most words

Proper nouns are

• nouns that have manners

• people's names and official names for places and organizations

• descriptions of nouns

Paragraphs should begin a

• BANG!

• topic sentence

• conclusion

Use these to show someone is talking:

• apostrophe

• period

• quotation marks

Use this to show possession:

• quotation marks

• apostrophe

• topic sentence

In nonfiction, we should start a new paragraph when we introduce a new idea

• True

• False

Why is it important to spell words correctly?

• Because a teacher said so

• Because incorrect spelling distracts your reader

• It is not important.

This punctuation shows emphasis or strong emotion.

• Question mark

• Period

• Exclamation mark