Genres of Literature
Made up stories that includes characters, setting, a plot and dialogue.
What is fiction?
This writing task expresses an opinion and tries to convince other people to join that opinion with examples as evidence.
What is persuasive writing?
The first word of a sentence should never be capitalized.
What is false? The first word is of a sentence should ALWAYS be capitalized.
where are You Going.
Where are you going?
The constant buzzing of flies was becoming a nuisance as Sarah tried to concentrate on her homework.
A. A pleasant distraction
B. An annoying problem
C. A helpful reminder
D. A peaceful atmosphere
B. An annoying problem
An introduction paragraphs requires a _____, ______, and _______.
What is a hook, introduction of text(s) sentence and a thesis statement?
Literature structured in stanzas that express the way a person is feeling or thinking with words, figurative language and sometimes rhythm.
What is poetry?
This writing task type includes fictional stories and assess student's abilities to create, re-tell, or extend a story.
What is a Narrative Writing Task?
The pronoun "I" and the specific names of a person, place, or thing should always be capitalized.
What is true?
Laura, isn't Rachel your friend I exclaimed.
"Laura, isn't Rachel your friend?!" I exclaimed.
The malicious rumors spread quickly through the school, hurting many feelings.
A. Friendly and kind
B. Truthful and honest
C. Harmful and mean-spirited
D. Helpful and supportive
C. Harmful and mean-spirited
The lesson learned in a fictional story is referred to as the ______.
What is theme?
Literature that explains a hero's journey and includes various archetypes like the hero, shadow and mentor.
What is a monomyth?
This writing task type normally include fictional stories, poems, or excerpts from novels. Often requiring scholars analyze multiple text by examining the themes, characters, setting and literary devices. Students must make connections between the text and real-world experiences while supporting their interpretations with evidence from the text.
What is Literary Analysis Task?
You don't necessarily have to use capital letters when writing the months, days of the week, and holidays.
What is false? You ALWAYS have to use capital letters when writing the months, days of the week, and holidays.
but I think I should not go to that party.
I don't think I should go to that party.
Despite being called a dunce by his classmates, Thomas Edison went on to become a brilliant inventor
A. A wealthy person
B. A popular student
C. A talented artist
D. A slow learner
D. A slow learner
Every paragraph should have: a ____, ____,____ and a _______.
What is a topic sentence, evidence, elaboration and a concluding sentence.
Stories that include made up characters with real life and relatable situations and events.
What is realistic fiction?
This writing task type often includes articles, excerpts from non-fiction books, historical documents or videos, and short informational texts. This task often require students to analyze multiple perspectives on a given topic or issue. Students synthesize information from various sources, make claims, support them with evidence, and provide reasoning based on their understanding of the texts.
What is Research Simulation Task?
You do not have to use capital letters when writing the titles of books or movies.
What is false? When writing titles, the first, last, and all important words MUST be capitalized.
Your a strong girl. But You Must Never tell anyone what you did?
You're a strong girl, but you must never tell anyone what you did.
Without water, the plants will begin to wither in the hot sun.
A. To grow and flourish
B. To produce flowers
C. To dry up and die
D. To change color
C. To dry up and die
All narrative writing tasks should contain: ____, ____, ______, _____, ____and _______.
What are characters, setting, problem, solution (plot), lesson learned and dialogue.
Stories that are made up and include characters with a setting set in a real time and place in history.
What is historical fiction?
This writing task type includes short informational texts, excerpts from non-fiction books assessing scholars abilities to support a specific claim with applicable and appropriate evidence. This writing task has four key elements: claim, counter claim, reasoning and evidence.
What is argumentative writing?
Every single word in your sentence should not be capitalized nor lower case.
What is true? You must determine by following the capitalization rules.
In booth text the events affect the characters sense of individuality.
In both texts, the events affected the characters sense of individuality.
Without proper maintenance, the old building began to deteriorate rapidly.
A. To grow stronger
B. To become worse
C. To stay the same
D. To improve quickly
B. To become worse
True or False: Citing textual evidence in your writing is an example of plagiarism.
What is False? You are supposed to cite textual evidence (refer to the text) when writing to avoid plagiarism.