Writing Essential for Kids

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  1. 3. In writing, this serves as a categorization of certain styles of writing that are similar in content. (HINT: Country, Hip Hop, and Rock are all examples of music (blank).)
  2. 5. the act of going past the description of an object and instead focusing on why and how the object is. (HINT: Kelly’s mom thinks that Kelly over-(blank) things which, oftentimes causes Kelly to make the wrong decision.)
  3. 7. the main point of your writing that you must defend throughout your writing.(HINT: Kasey got into an (blank) with her sister over who looked more like a ginger.)
  4. 8. an abbreviation for an approach that allows for a writer to comprehend and understand why authors chose to put certain techniques in their writing. (HINT: This approach is best introduced by Bunn.)
  5. 10. describes the pace of a story. This determines whether you will be happy, sad, excited, or bored while reading a book. (HINT: The mother’s harsh (blank) caused the child to become very sad.
  6. 11. this expresses how the author feels about a subject and affects the experience of the reader. (HINT: Tanesha claimed that Katey needed an (blank) adjustment.
  7. 12. talks about how, “An analysis breaks a subject apart to study it closely, and from this inspection, ideas for writing emerge.” (HINT: Author of “What Is Academic Writing?”)
Down
  1. 1. talks about how, “When you Read Like a Writer (RLW) you work to identify some of the choices the author made so that you can better understand how such choices might arise in your own writing.” (HINT: Author of “How to Read Like a Writer.”)
  2. 2. Metcalf Pushes students constantly to improve on their writing. (HINT: The best writing 2 instructor in UCSB.)
  3. 4. used in writing to back up the main point and to defend the main argument. (HINT: The judge through out the case due to the fact that there was no (blank) tying the culprit to the scene of the crime.
  4. 6. writes that, “By studying the genres that we find familiar, we can start to see how specific choices that writer’s make result in specific actions on the part of readers; it only follows that our own writing must too be purposefully written.” (HINT: Author of “Navigating Genres”.)
  5. 7. Who or what you are writing for? (HINT: The (blank) got rowdy when the performer’s act was delayed.
  6. 9. The art of expressing your thoughts through words. (HINT: In order to be successful in this subject you need to keep the words that appear in this crossword in mind.)