Vocabulary
What does the term "main idea" mean?
What a text is mostly about
What is the first thing you should do before writing your essay?
a. Read all of the texts
b. Break down the prompt
c. Determine what side you will argue
d. Figure out your thesis statement
b. Break down the prompt
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Breakdown the following prompt:
Write an explanatory essay about three uses for reusing plastic.
Circle: explanatory essay
Box: three uses
Underline: for reusing plastic
Description, Sequence, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, and Cause and Effect are all examples of:
Text Structures
First, Second and Third Person are all types of...
narrators
What does POV stand for?
Point of View
What should you do when adding evidence into your essay?
Cite the evidence
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Break down the following prompt:Write an essay to determine the causes of climate change.
Circle: Determine
Box: the causes
Underline: of climate change
What details make an author's claim stronger in a persuasive text about why people should limit caffeine intake?
a. First hand accounts
b. Statistics and facts
c. Personal opinions
d. Reference secondary sources
b. Statistics and facts
Who is the protagonist in a story?
The main character or hero
This is why the author is writing a text...
Author's Purpose
What do you need to use to connect your paragraphs, or sentences within a paragraph?
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Write an essay to argue whether or not students should be paid for good grades.
Circle: argue
Box: whether or not
Underline: students should be paid for good grades
Review the following sentence:
The hurricane meandered over the whole state of Texas for four long days."
What does the word "meandered" mean as used above?a. hover or hang over
b. wander around
c. search or investigate
a. hover or hang over
If first person narration means a story is told from one person's point of view, what type of narration is it called when a story is being told by speaking to the reader?
Second person
If denotative means the dictionary definition, the emotional weight that a word or phrase carries is called the __________.
What does PEEL stand for?
Point
Evidence
Elaboration
Link
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Break down the following prompt:
Write an argumentative essay about why or why not companies should be fined for polluting the environment.
Circle: argumentative essay
Box: why or why not
Underline: companies should be fined for polluting the environment
Read the following sentences below:
"Due to the heavy rains, the lake in front of our house flooded all the way to our doorstep! We couldn't leave until the water level had receded."
Which word below could replace the word "receded" without changing the meaning of the sentence?
a. increased
b. surfaced
c. retreated
d. exceeded
c. retreated
What is the correct order of a plot diagram?
Here are the terms:
Climax Rising Action Resolution
Falling Action Exposition
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
(Hint: They look like little baby paragraphs)
Stanzas
What does elaboration mean?
To explain your evidence
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Break down the following prompt:
You have been tasked with writing for your school newspaper about a hot topic. Write an essay to inform an audience about the negative effects of too much screen time.
Circle: inform
Box: the negative effects
Underline: of too much screen time
If two authors write articles about a specific topic but they do not agree, they would have _______ opinions.
Different is not the answer I am looking for!
conflicting
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood is what the reader feels
Tone is what the author feels/the author's attitude