Narrative Writing
Claim
Kayden walked slowly/strolled along the road, swinging his school bag as he went.
-All Summer in a Day
To give background information to the audience about the setting and the characters of the story.
2. Proposition and Support
3. Explain and Describe
4. Cause and Effect
5. Sequence
Cara used/utilize d all of her resources.
-All Summer in a Day
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution/Solution
Exposition
While
Some people will argue
Although
However
A possible concern is...
comprehend
Water PLOPS into pond
Onomatopoeia
Many :)
Central idea statement for the text, "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
The central idea of the narrative story, "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury is that technology will outlast and outpace humanity.
List your main ideas/points
Provide new insight or thoughts to consider
Connect back to claim/thesis: Be sure to state your position
Build upon main ideas to add and strengthen your argument
Use higher academic vocabulary
Tie your paragraphs back to the whole essay
Think about the resolution your reader should consider
Use strong transitions
exacerbated
The run-down house appeared depressed.
Personification
Flashback & Flashforward
Multiple plot lines
Internal Dialogue/Inner Thoughts
Dialogue
Revealing Action
Multiple Points of View
1st person Narrator
Symbolism or Repeating Image
Tone
Figurative Language: Simile, Metaphor
Describe the tone:
“And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don’t know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn’t the best. We complained about it. So we’ve got thirty kids there, each kid had his or her own little tree to plant and we’ve got these thirty dead trees. All these kids looking at these little brown sticks, it was depressing.”
The use of the adjectives “dead” and “depressing” sets a gloomy tone in the passage. As trees signify life here, their unexpected “death” from an unknown cause gives the above passage an unhappy and pessimistic tone.
Academic vocabulary used throughout
Powerful transitions
When using a quote, it has to be about your controlling idea/claim/thesis
Stated main ideas that will be developed in the paper
Strong controlling idea/claim/thesis
Every piece of information supports your thesis
Be specific! No they, them, things
The student has used a word too many times. Choose two words to replace the overused words
Though the boy tried to use his broken alarm clock as an excuse, the teacher would not excuse his absence on the day of the final exam. The rest of the students felt that he did not deserve to be excused at all from the test.
A. Forgive
B. Released
C. Stopped
D. Reprimanded
B. Released
I have a million things to do.
Hyperboles