Writing Process Vocabulary · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

The Steps Writers Take

English · Writing Composition · ages 5-8
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What do we call the people who will read your writing?

    • the genre
    • the audience
    • the draft

  2. Which word means to create a piece of writing from your ideas?

    • compose
    • revise
    • proofread

  3. A story that is meant to make you laugh has a purpose of entertaining.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Mia is writing a letter to her grandma. Who is her audience?

    • her teacher
    • her classmates
    • her grandma

  5. Sam wants to keep his topic. His spelling is clear, but his paragraph needs more ideas. What should he do?

    • revise the ideas
    • proofread it again
    • plan a new topic

  6. A recipe card tells you the steps to bake cookies. What is its purpose?

    • to entertain
    • to instruct
    • to persuade

  7. Anna writes a joke for her little brother and her principal. Her brother does not know some of its words. What should she change?

    • nothing, the joke should stay exactly the same
    • only the title of her paper
    • her words to fit each reader

  8. Leo's paragraph has strong ideas, but a few sentences have small mistakes, like 'the dog run fast'. What step fixes this best?

    • edit the sentences
    • plan the topic
    • compose a new draft
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Answer key

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  1. the audience · The audience is everyone who reads or hears your writing.
  2. compose · To compose means to make your writing from your own ideas.
  3. True · Stories that make us laugh are written to entertain us.
  4. her grandma · The audience is who the writing is for. Here, it's grandma.
  5. revise the ideas · Revising means changing your ideas and words to make writing stronger.
  6. to instruct · Writing that tells you how to do something is meant to instruct.
  7. her words to fit each reader · Writers change their words to fit each reader.
  8. edit the sentences · Editing fixes small mistakes in sentences, like a wrong word ending.
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