Writing Strategies
Name three of the five components to the dramatic arc in a story
Exposition, rising action,climax, falling action, conclusion
What are orienting statements?
Orienting statements are statements that help readers find their way through lengthy or difficult text
What is the purpose of a cohesive device?
helps readers follow your thoughts by connecting key words and ideas
What are three of the six reading strategies
Annotating, Outlining, Taking Inventory, Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Contextualizing
What was the main problem found in the short story Calling Home
Theft, Arresting a child
What writing strategies allows you to view a topic from 6 different perspectives
Cubing
Tell at least two things that a Thesis statement does (2)
Declares the main point and announces the main idea
Thesis statements help readers understand what is being said about a subject
Gives the readers cues as to what the paper/essay's central focus will be
Thesis statements tells the readers, what you will be writing about, proving or arguing
Name 2 of the 4 cohesive devices
Pronouns, Word Repetition, Synonyms, Repetition of Sentences
Describe the reading strategy; taking inventory
Taking inventory allows you to a take your annotations and group them based on similarities to identify the author's purpose on a deeper level
Describe some major themes from An American Childhood
Sports, Childlike retelling, playfulness, dramatic arc
name three of the 6 cubing perspectives
Describing, comparing, associating, analyzing, applying, arguing
What does a forecasting statement do?
Forecast statements provide an overview of how the thesis or central focus will be developed
1-3 sentences, explains what the paper will focus on before the reader is fully introduced to the central focus/argument of the paper
Describe word repetition and how it is used
Word repetition is used to avoid confusion
Repetition is useful when using a pronoun that may confuse the reader or when using a pronoun with multiple meanings
What is paraphrasing
Rewriting what you have read using words that you will understand
Name one of the major themes from trigger warnings
PTSD, Bullying, Social media
Describe looping
Looping is a writing strategy that focuses on looping your thoughts back to the main idea. when looping, you write down as many thoughts and you can about a topic of interest in 10 minutes. When time is up you then locate a central focus from your list and complete the process again 2-3 times.
What is the purpose of a paragraph indentation (2)
Indentations signal to the readers that this is a new paragraph, perhaps also introducing a new detail or idea
It helps readers identify when a sequence or idea ends and begins
How are synonyms used while writing?
Synonyms are used to connect ideas
Describe the outlining process
List the text's main ideas to reveal how the text is organized
Outlining for a better understanding of a text that has already been written
Using outlining as a form of annotating as you read can help you find important information in the text later
Writing the main idea of a paragraph or section in the margins can help you go back to that thought or idea later
Introvert vs. Extrovert
Is shyness an illness
The use of medication
Name all five components of the dramatic arc in order
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion
describe three ways you can annotate
Inserting comments, questions or explanations
Underlining or circling words, phrases or sentences
Connecting ideas by drawing lines from one thought to another
Numbering- related point/ideas
Brackets or parenthesis
Taking note of things that strike your interest
Give an example of a word that you would use a synonym to replace instead of using word repetition
Region-community
intricate- complex
difficult-hard
Why is summarizing useful
It helps you create a condensed version of the text which can also be helpful when writing about the text
Describe Martin Luther King's thoughts behind being called an extremist and its religious connection
Initially he found it offensive. He then found the good in statement by relating his actions to that of other biblical characters such as Jesus himself