Short Response
Reading Comprehension
Media/Procedural
Connecting Selections
Essay Writing
100
The "meat and potatoes" of your short-answer response
What is Textual Evidence
100
Persuade, Entertain, or Inform
What is Author's Purpose
100
The words below a photograph/video
What are captions
100
The Hike: fiction::How to Climb a Mountain:expository
What is an analogy
100
The part of the prompt that you are actually responding to
What is Write
200
Answer to the prompt
What is Thesis
200
Literary nonfiction, Fiction, Expository, etc.
What is Genre
200
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Dust_Bowl_-_Dallas,_South_Dakota_1936.jpg The photo is an example of the author's attitude towards the Great Depression
What is tone
200
Daydreams are the central _______ in both "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "Daydream Believer"
What is theme
200
What you should do with the key words in the prompt
What is Highlight
300
The last sentence of your response
What is Concusion/"So What?"
300
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is written in 3rd person.
What is point of view
300
http://buymelaughs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Funny-memes-1.jpg Based on the picture, the reader can ______that IPhone 5 maps do not work.
What is Infer
300
Contrasting the logical mind of Mr. McGee against the creative mind of Mr. Arseno
What is character foil
300
A clear answer to the prompt, usually the last sentence of your introductory paragraph and establishes your main points. Restates the prompt!
What is Thesis Statement
400
"Martha was a very unhappy child. You can tell this by the way she reacts at school."
What is a score of 1
400
Ivan's view of his wife after finding out about the possibility of winning the lottery.
What is the conflict
400
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/images/bar-chart-movies.gif One of the more popular genres
What is Romance
400
The ironic situation in "The Hike"
What is Mr. Arseno reaches the mountain peak before Mr. McGee.
400
Includes your hook and introduces the topic.
What is Introductory Paragraph
500
The four parts of the short-answer response
What is restate, answer, textual evidence/explain, and so what
500
"On a soldier's last breath, his baby's being born."
What is Irony
500
http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/5/w/4/save-the-twinkie.jpg The author's purpose for using this cartoon is __________
What is persuade
500
A reasoned deduction or inference
What is a conclusion
500
Establishes the main idea of each paragraph
What is the topic sentence
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