Miscellaneous
Define diction
Word choice
What are the three writing types?
Narrative, Informational, and arugmentative
List two comma rules.
Multiple answers:
IC, cc IC.
IC; IC
IC; ca, IC.
Introductory elements, IC.
How much time do you have to take the writing EOC?
85 minutes
Your essay needs to start out with an introduction. What needs to be included in the introduction?
hook, necessary background information, and a thesis.
Syntax variety
Narrative writing includes many elements. What are these elements?
These elements are dialogue, characters, and it tells a story.
Why is it important to apply the comma rules you have learned?
It is important to provide your readers with sentence variety, and it helps makes your writing sophisticated.
Are you allowed to get up and use the restroom once testing starts?
What should be included in your body paragraphs?
Topic sentence, evidence, analysis, concluding sentence.
Author's purpose can be defined as...
What are examples of an author's purpose?
Informational writing has many elements. What are some of these elements?
These elements include texts written to convey information, and it does not argue a point.
What are examples of academic vocabulary used in argumentative writing?
Counterpoints transitions, substantiated, unsubstantiated, rhetorical devices, persuasive devices,
how long should you spend on your outline?
5 minutes
What should be included in your conclusion?
Why is it significant to understand what an author's purpose is? Give examples.
It will affect how and what you write about. If the purpose is of narrative, you will write a story. If the purpose is informational, you will write an informational essay. If you the purpose is argumentative, you will select and a side and argue for that point and against the other.
What are the elements of argumentative writing?
These elements include claims, counterclaims, evidence, reasoning, and it does argue a point.
Correct this sentence.
Jane Goodall crafted a compelling argument through her use of emotional appeals but she lacked factual evidence to help support her claim.
How much time should you spend actually writing your response?
50 minutes
Go back and read your response. Check for spelling or capitalization errors. Make sure to include academic vocabulary. Correct sentence fragments or run-ons.
When is your writing EOC?
Tomorrow.
Your writing EOC.
Correct this sentence.
When crafting a compelling argument a writer needs to include syntax variety, diction, and counterclaims: this help demonstrates sophisticated writing.
Once you're finished you can lay your head down and go to sleep. True or false.
False. Use all of your time wisely either by writing and editing.
If you include all of the pieces listed above you will do well on your writing EOC. True or false.
True. If you include all of these pieces and work hard you will do well on this writing EOC.