SEL-Editing Chats
What should an email start with?
A greeting like: Hello or Dear
Explicit information is found _______ in the text.
Directly
To show a character is happy without telling, you might write: “I can’t believe it! This is the best day ever!” she exclaimed. Exclaimed is the _________.
Speaker Tag
In the sentence “Jessica gave him a gift,” “him” is an ________ pronoun.
object
The capital city of France is ________
Paris
Closing
When an author writes, “The sky was dark and full of clouds,” the explicit information is about the sky’s appearance, while the implicit information might suggest that a ________ is coming.
Storm
Dialogue can ____________ by revealing important information. For example: “We need to leave now,” he said, “the train departs in 10 minutes.”
Advance the plot
Choose the correct pronoun: “________ went to the store to buy groceries.” He or Him?
He
The chemical symbol for water is ________
H20
When writing an email avoid using _________.
Contractions and slang
In the sentence, “She smiled and nodded, but her eyes were filled with tears,” the explicit information is that she smiled and nodded, while the implicit information suggests she might be feeling ________.
Sad or upset
What might the dialogue: “I always knew you couldn’t be trusted,” she remarked, her voice dripping with sarcasm do for a story?
Develop the character's personality
In the sentence “They made themselves a sandwich,” “themselves” is a ________ pronoun. Reflexive or Intensive?
Reflexive
The largest planet in our solar system is ________
Jupiter
What should go in a good subject line?
Explicit information can be found directly in the text, such as dates and facts, whereas implicit information often requires the reader to _______.
Infer
How should authors dialogue natural?
Use dialogue that sounds like real speech.
Identify the pronoun type: “I myself completed the project.” Here, “myself” is an ________ pronoun. Reflexive or Intensive?
Intensive
The author of the famous play “Romeo and Juliet” is _______
William Shakespeare
Before sending a email, it is crucial to ________ your message for any spelling or grammatical errors.
proofread or edit
In a story, if a character is described as “clenching their fists and gritting their teeth,” the explicit information is about their physical actions, while the implicit information might indicate that the character is feeling ________.
To advance the plot and develop characters simultaneously, you might write: “If we don’t find the map by sunset,” she whispered, “we’ll never make it out of the forest.” This dialogue shows the character’s ________ and the urgency of their situation.
Fear or concern
Fill in the blanks: “The teacher asked ________ (We or Us?) to complete the assignment by ourselves.” In this sentence, “us” is an ________ pronoun (Subject or Object?) and “ourselves” is a ________ pronoun (Reflexive or Intensive?).
Us, Object, Reflexive
The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight is called _______
photosynthesis