The document defines various terms related to language arts and the writing process. It provides definitions for over 20 terms, including revising, run-on sentence, sensory words, sentence, sentence fluency, series, simple predicate, singular noun, subject, supporting sentences, tense, topic, topic sentence, transitional words, voice, web, word choice, working draft, writing conference, and writing process.

1. The part of the writing
process when the writer
tries to improve the
working draft
Revising
Language Arts Terms 4

2. Has two complete
thoughts that run into
each other
Run-On Sentence

3. Words that describe how
something looks, sounds,
feels, tastes, or smells
Sensory Words

4. A group of words that
tells a complete thought Sentence

5. The structure and order
of sentences so that a
composition reads
smoothly
Sentence Fluency

6. A list of three or more
words in a sentence Series

7. The main word in the
complete predicate Simple Predicate

8. Names one person,
place, or thing Singular Noun

9. Tells whom or what a
sentence is about Subject

10. Tell more details or
information about a
main idea
Supporting
Sentences

11. The form of a verb that
identifies whether
something happens in
the present, past, or
future
Tense

12. The subject of a
discussion or a
composition
Topic

13. States a main idea
Topic Sentence

14. Words that connect
sentences or ideas, such
as also
Transitional Words

15. The use of words to show
the writer’s personality Voice

16. Words in connected
circles that show how
ideas are related
Web

17. The selection of
interesting, exact words Word Choice

18. A composition that is not
final yet Working Draft

19. A discussion between a
writer and reader about
the writer’s composition
Writing Conference

20. A series of steps
(prewriting, drafting,
revising, proofreading,
publishing,) that a writer
follows to write a
composition
Writing Process

21. The End