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Persuasive Writing
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Why is it that cats always land on their feet?
What is HOOK
100
Once the train arrives we will be on are way.
What is... Once the train arrives, we will be on OUR way.
100
Everything has a good side and a bad side. Everybody has their own opinion about living in a large city or a small town. I believe living in a larger city is better.
What is living in a larger city is better than living in a small town.
100
Which of your peer's middle name is Love
Who is Lydia
100
What ONE word should you try repeating over and over in your persuasive essay?
What is YOU
200
FREEBIE!
Your team has earned 200 points.
200
me and my friend are gonna go to the beach next weekend.
What is... My friend and I are going to go to the beach next weekend.
200
Would you rather have thousands of bouqets of weeds or one single beautiful blooming red rose? Just like a city can give you more quantity of something like the bouqets, a small town presents more of the beauty of this world like the rose. By living in a small town, you experience so many wonders and joys that the city cant offer.
What is small towns are better
200
How do you kill a werewolf?
What is with a silver bullet.
200
How many times do you state your thesis in a persuasive essay?
What is TWICE. Once in the introduction and again (restated) in the conclusion.
300
Electric cars provide a viable alternative to gasoline-fueled cars because the benefits outweigh the costs.
What is THESIS STATEMENT
300
Spot my dog is the faster runner in the hole neighborhood.
What is... Spot, my dog, is the fastest runner in the whole neighborhood.
300
While I would personally prefer to live in a small town, there exist valid points to living in a large city or smaller town. A town possesses the characteristics of friendlier, calmer setting. Crime rates are generally lower and it is an overall safer place to live. There is a stronger sense of community among those in a town, which is a valuable trait that can result in stronger interpersonal relationships among the people.
What is... smaller town is better than a big city.
300
What do zombies eat?
What is brains
300
What are two ways to get attention (write your hook) in the introductory paragraph.
What is anecdote, drop your reader into a scene, rhetorical question, surprising fact, or quote
400
For a short period of time, Laredo was the capital of its own country; it was the capital of The Republic of the Rio Grande from January 1840 to late fall of that same year.
What is HOOK
400
If I was president I will make health care more afoardable.
What is... If I were president, I would make healthcare more affordable.
400
FREEBIE!
Your team has earned 400 points.
400
Out of your classmates, who's birthday was on Tuesday, March 25th?
Who are Vanessa and Karla
400
What is a thesis in persuasive writing?
What is "Your position for or against something. Your statement of what you want the readers to think or do."
500
A later start to the school day is valuable to students and teachers. By starting a school day later, everyone would get more sleep and be on time for school.
What is THESIS STATEMENT
500
In five minits I will had been working for ten hours.
What is... In five minutes , I will have been working for ten hours.
500
When you watch movies or read books, many a times, the setting is a quaint, small town where everyone knows one another. But,is this always preferable? A small town can make you feel trapped and confined, while larger cities can make you feel like a fish in an ocean, rather than a pond
What is larger cities are better
500
Name Snow White's seven dwarfs
Who are Sleepy, Happy, Dopey, Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, and Bashful
500
Explain the layout of a 5 paragraph essay.
What is Introduction (hook, transitional statement, thesis) Body Paragraph 1 (Topic Sentence with Reason #1, Example, Explain) Body Paragraph 2 (Topic Sentence with Reason #2, Example, Explain) Conclusion (Restate thesis, then answer "so what?" or 1 sentence clincher)
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