Reading Strategies
Effective Essays
The Writing Process
Writing Prompts
Author's Choices
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Whenever a reader asks this they are being an active reader
What is a "question".
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The most traditional formula for writing an essay
What is the five paragraph essay?
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The best thing to do before you begin writing.
What is prepare. Do your research and find as many reliable resources as you can. Do you remember what a reliable resource is?
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What function does this passage perform? Dolphins are mammals; this means that they nurse their babies with milk from the mothers. Dolphins live in groups made up of 10 to 12 individuals.
What is "identify".
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Which is an example of a simile? A) Zing! B) The greatest of all time! C) Miss Maudie was as busy as a bee.
What is C) Similes make figurative comparisons between differing things. Miss Maudie is being compared to the constant activity of an insect, the bumble bee.
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If you are able to answer your own question after reading a text more than once, as a reader you are ____________.
What is "being an active reader" or "clarifying"
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The first step in the writing process.
What is attack the prompt, identify your audience and purpose?
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True or false: A commercial website designed to increase its traffic to attract advertisers is a reliable resource.
False. Commercial websites like Facebook or Amazon are not reliable sources for writing effective essays.
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to make our readers see, feel, and hear what we have seen, felt, and heard.
What is "describe"
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When an author creates a sensory experience for the reader, they are using ______________.
What is imagery.
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While reading, to take notes and write directly on the test as you read to deepen your understanding of a text
What is "annotate"
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After you develop your ideas and claims, this is your next step.
What is gather evidence?
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What is the testimony below describing? "Initially I just pen out what my thoughts are. I try not to worry about things too much but I do worry that I'm getting the right words that capture my ideas. I try to stick to the main idea but I may get lost sometimes."
What is the first draft of an essay.
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When asked to explore how an author chooses to tell a story or develop an argument or organize another piece of writing
What is "analyze"?
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Authors use these three things to persuade their audience to believe their claims.
What is rhetorical appeals to ethos, pathos, logos?
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These are three ways to interact with a text
What is "connect" text? You may connect text-to-text, text-to-self or text-to-world. You may also identify, describe or analyze information within the text.
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A synonym for "effective"
What is "successful" "fulfilled" or "complete"
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Identify the difference between editing and revision.
Editing addresses spelling, grammar and conventions or rules of writing while revision tries to make a piece better as a whole. Revision looks at the sequence of events and ideas and tries to make an essay more logical and reader-friendly.
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Rhetoric, word play, point of view, figurative language, pacing and structure are all these things.
What are author's choices?
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Instead of writing in first person, authors often write in second or third person. What is this choice called?
What is point of view, voice or perspective.
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The first thing you do before you being reading
What is set a purpose for reading or make predictions?
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Describe the 5 essential elements for an effective essay
What is an introduction, a hook, a thesis statement, supporting evidence for your claims and a clear conclusion.
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Do you know what each letter in the P.O.W.E.R acronym represent? You may have learned a different acronym in Mrs. Wilkinson's class!
What is Prepare, Organize, Write, Edit and Revise.
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When a prompt asks you to "analyze structure", what should your essay be about?
Possible answers: examine the effect word choice has, the effect of point of view, the sequence of events in plot, and the way different elements of a story work with each other to create a response in the reader.
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A synonym for "author's choice"
What is author's style.
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