| Term | Definition |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| connotation | thoughts associated with a word |
| inference | making statements about observations |
| Observation | what you see |
| spelling | the correct order of letters in a word |
| brainstorming | writing down many ideas |
| outline | a plan for a piece of writing |
| drafting | one version of a piece of writing in progress |
| dash | - |
| period | . |
| comma | , |
| exclamation point | ! |
| colon | : |
| semi-colon | ; |
| question mark | ? |
| parentheses | ( ) |
| brackets | [ ] |
| apostrophe | ' |
| quotations | " " |
| backslash | / |
| forward slash | \ |
| astrix | * |
| double colon | :: |
| underscore | aaa_aaa |
| angled brackets | < > |