Writing Process
The meaning of TAK
What is Topic, Audience, and Key Details?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is simile?
It can give you a visual of information you might not know
What is infographics? (Maps, charts, photos, etc.)
The beginning of the story
What is the exposition?
Crossing out test answers you know are wrong
What is process of elimination?
The amount of supporting details for big ideas
What is three?
The repetition of the first letter of many words
What is alliteration?
The writing underneath a photograph that gives you more information about the picture.
What is a caption?
The most intense part of the story
What is the climax?
Highlighting key details in a text
What is annotating?
The minimum amount of paragraphs for an essay
What is at least 4 paragraphs?
The moon winks at me every night.
What is personification?
MaKayla wants to know what it would be like to be firefighter. Name a good resource for her to use. A. TV show about firefighters B. dictionary C. encyclopedia D. interview a firefighter
What is interview a firefighter?
The ending of the story
What is the resolution?
Reading the text for answers first
What is reading the questions before the text?
The four types of topic sentences
What is Simple Declarative, Number Statement, Situation Stance, and Quality Question?
The steaks sizzled on the grill.
What is onomatopoeia?
Like a dictionary, usually found in the back of the book.
What is a glossary?
The moral or lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What is theme?
Breaking down a prompt to know what to write about
What is TAK?
The way to cite from a text
What is cite the page or paragraph number?
It took him two seconds to drive here.
What is hyperbole?
Mr. Smith has asked his class to do current event reports once a week. What would be the MOST reliable and updated source for this type of report? A. Mom's history book she used in school B. 1995 World Book Encyclopedia C. the world news report on television D. back issues of magazine in the library
What is the world news report on television?
The complication or struggle in the story.
What is the conflict?
The essay strategy
What is start with an intro and 4 body paragraphs, then go back for conclusion paragraph if you have time?