Informative Essay
What is the purpose of an informative essay?
To inform or explain
What is the purpose of an argumentative essay?
To convince the reader
What is the purpose of a narrative essay?
To tell a story
You read the title and section headers before starting the passage.
What strategy are you using?
Identifying what the passage is about
“i went to the park on saturday.”
What needs to be fixed?
Capitalization
What are the three main parts of an essay?
Introduction, body, conclusion
Where should evidence come from?
Credible sources
What point of view is often used in narrative writing?
First person (I, me, my)
You go back into the passage to find proof for your answer.
What strategy is this?
Using text evidence
“She dont like pizza.”
What is the error?
Subject-verb agreement
What should the introduction include?
Hook, topic, thesis/claim
What is a counterclaim?
The opposing side
What is a simile?
A comparison using “like” or “as”
You cross out two answer choices you know are wrong.
What strategy are you using?
Eliminating wrong answers
“The dog ran fast it chased the ball.”
What is the problem?
Run-on sentence
What does the conclusion do?
Wraps up ideas and restates the main idea
What does it mean to take a position?
Choose a side
What is personification?
Giving human traits to non-human things
You skip a difficult question and come back to it later.
What strategy are you using?
Skipping and returning
I went to the store i bought snacks.
What punctuation is needed and where?
A period between store and I.
How many sentences should your textual evidence be?
1 sentence
What is a rebuttal?
An arguement against the counterclaim.
What is imagery?
Language that helps you picture something using your 5 senses
You use clues in the sentence to figure out what a word means.
What strategy is this?
Using context clues
She said I am tired.
What punctuation is needed?
Quotation marks (and comma after said)