Strategies
What strategy is used when analyzing poetry?
TPCASTT
What are the 3 main reasons authors write?
To Persuade, Inform, or Entertain.
Ms. Shelby took her cat, Penny, on a car ride. Penny loved the car ride and was very excited when she got home because she knew her mom would give him a treat.
What is the error in this sentence, what is the correct answer, and what kind of error is this?
Change “him” to ”her.” This is an error in pronoun usage.
What does chronological order mean? Provide an example to support your answer.
Time Order. For example, a cookbook, biography of someone’s life, or a history textbook, etc.
A storytelling technique in which a narrative is told out of chronological order.
What is non-linear plot?
What does the "C" stand for in TPCASTT and what is the definition?
Connotation
A student is writing an email to their professor about a recent test they missed. They include reasons for missing the test such as being sick and needing to visit the doctor. What might be the purpose of the student writing to their professor?
To persuade their professor to let the student retake the missed test.
Despite it being a beautiful day outside. Maggie decided to stay indoors.
What is the error in these sentences, what change needs to be made, and what kind of error is this?
The period should be changed to a comma because “despite it being a beautiful day outside” is an introductory clause.
Name 3 text structures we have discussed in class.
Descriptive, chronological order, compare & contrast, cause & effect, problem & solution.
A scene that interrupts the current timeline to show an event that happened earlier in the story, providing context or background.
What is a flashback?
What strategy is used when answering questions about Revising?
ARMS
If someone is writing a fictional story about dinosaurs, what might their purpose be for writing?
To entertain readers with a fictional story.
Read the following excerpt from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her organization?
In the 1800s, egrets were hunted in the United States for their long white plumes (feathers). As a result, the birds were nearly wiped out completely. Thankfully, conservation measures were put in place, and the birds were protected. In fact, in recent years, egrets have expanded their range northward, moving beyond their original habitat in the American South. The egret is a large white bird that lives near marshes, lakes, ponds, and other wetland areas.
A) by taking out the sentence explaining the egrets expanded habitat range
B) by moving the sentence about conservation measures to the end
C) describing the egret at the beginning when it is first introduced
If I am writing an essay about the first planes invented and the planes we fly in today, what kind of text structure would best support these ideas? Provide an explaination to support your answer.
Compare and Contrast Because I would be comparing and contrasting the first planes invented against the ones we fly in today.
a story where events unfold in a straightforward chronological order, from beginning to end.
What is linear plot.
What strategy is used when answering questions about Editing?
CUPS
If an author is writing a blog post about the evils of sodium, what might be their purpose for doing so?
To inform audiences about ingesting too much salt.
"Taylor Swift was preparing for an upcoming concert. Although she has performed many times previously, she began to feel scared by the immense pressure of singing in front of thousands of people."
The author of the sentences above is trying to improve their use of language to better engage readers. What word could be used to best replace "scared" in the text to show Taylor's emotions about performing on stage?
a) excited
b) overwhelmed
c) annoyed
d) scarred
B is the best answer as overwhelmed is closest in meaning to scared.
Carrie is writing about why leaves change colors with the seasons. She explains in her writing how the change in temperature correlates to the amount of chlorophyll the leaves create which determines what color they will be. What TWO text structures is Carrie creating by explaining the correlation between the temperature and the color of the leaves?
Descriptive and/or cause & effect
DAILY DOUBLE: This question counts for double points!! Your team must get both of the following questions correct for double points.
1) a scene that temporarily takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story
2) What is Ms. Shelby's first name??
1) What is a flash forward?
2) It’s Shelby :) hehe did I trick you???
What does the U stand for in CUPS? Provide an example to get full points.
The “U” stands for Usage. Meaning that all nouns and verbs match correctly in a sentence.
EX: A group of football players went to eat dinner after winning their championship game.
A mother is writing to fellow mothers in her son's soccer group about her needing to skip the carpool this week because both her and her son will be out of town for a funeral. What is the most likely purpose for the mother to write to the other moms?
To inform them that she will be unavailable this upcoming week due to personal business.
Read the sentences below and find TWO errors. Then, describe the solution to make the sentence correct.
"Their once was a boy named John who had to sons named Sam and Dean."
The errors are:
1) Change “their” to “there” (spelling)
2) Change “to” to “two” (spelling)
Bonus Points: What is it called when two words sound the same but have different spellings?
Cathy is researching the cause of traffic on interstate highways. After researching, she has an idea for creating a smart traffic light system that could reduce the amount of traffic on the roads. She then writes a letter to her town council asking if they could implement this new Technology. What text structure would best fit her letter to the town council?
Problem and solution. The problem is traffic and the solution is the smart traffic light system.
the most intense or exciting point in a story, where the main conflict reaches its peak and a major turning point occurs
What is the climax of a story?