How to Write a Central Idea?
This resource has a list of commonly used central ideas
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The second sentence in your central paragraph should be this.
What is a context sentence?
This is the score will you get 1-4 if you write a central idea.
What is a 1 - which is 2 points?
DO NOT LEAVE THE PAPER BLANK YOU CAN GET TWO POINTS
This is the definition of conflict.
What is a struggle between two opposing forces?
What is an obstacle or struggle a character faces?
What is man vs. man, Man vs. himself, man vs. nature, man vs. society?
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These central ideas are also commonly used and they are at the top of your text analysis game study sheet.
What is sometimes in life we have to overcome obstacles to achieve success?
What is sometimes in life we have experiences that change our perspective?
The sentence starters you might use to introduce evidence in the central idea paragraph.
What is One example of the central idea is...
According to the text...
The author states....
This is the score you get if you write both a central idea and a writing strategy with quotations but your evidence is maybe incorrect or analysis superficial.
What is a 2 (WHICH IS 4 POINTS)?
DO THIS< TRY YOUR BEST WITH THE STRUCTURE EVEN IF YOU DONT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE TEXT YOU NEED THESE POINTS
This is the definition of characterization.
What is a struggle between two opposing forces?
What is a struggle that the main character faces?
What is man vs. man, man vs. himself, man vs. nature, man vs. society?
The time on the clock when you should be working on the text analysis no matter what, if you have completed the argument.
What is 11:30 AM?
What is who or what is this mostly about?
The sentence starters that can help you analyze the central idea in the first paragraph.
What is this proves the central idea because..
this shows the central idea because
this demonstrates the central idea because...
this clearly shows the central idea because...
This is the score you will get if you are able to write a full first paragraph and a detailed analysis of your writing strategy.
TRY FOR THIS MANY OF YOU CAN DO THIS
This is the definition of setting.
What is the location, time, and environment of a story?
How does the location impact the main character?
The occasion when you could use repetition as a writing strategy.
What is when you see words, phrases, sentences repeat in the text BUT when they are having an impact on the meaning of the story?
BUT ONLY USE THIS IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT, WE ALWAYS SEE STUDENTS USE THIS IN A SURFACE WAY AND INCORRECTLY.
This is another question to ask yourself when writing the central idea
What is the message or the lesson of the story?
This starts the first sentence of your writing strategy paragraph.
What is the author uses the writing strategy _________ to show the central idea?
This is the score you will get for writing a text analysis with a central idea and sufficient evidence plus a decent analysis of the writing strategy (CONNECT TO THE CENTRAL IDEA).
What is a 3?
ALL OF YOU CAN DO THIS THIS IS 6 POINTS PLEASE TRY!
This is the definition of imagery.
What is language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind?
What is when the author uses the language of the five senses to illuminate an aspect of the story?
The strategy you might use if you are out of time.
What is use one central idea evidence and one riting strategy evidence?
JUST MAKE SURE TO ANALYZE WELL AND THIS WILL ONLY GET YOU A 2 AND ALL OF YOU CAN WRITE 3-4. BUT IF YOU HAVE NO CHOICE 4 POINTS IS BETTER THAN 0!
What can you look for to help you write the central idea?
The sentence starters that start your second and third sentence in the writing strategy...
What is the writing strategy definition or
An example of the writing strategy is in line...
This is an effective use of the writing strategy because it shows...
What is this demonstrates the central idea because?
This is the score you will get if you leave the text analysis blank.
What is a ZERO?
DONT DO THIS< THIS WILL MAKE ME VERY SAD. MEMORIZE A CENTRAL IDEA AND WRITE IT DOWN.
This is perspective or point of view.
What is the way a writer feels about the topic they are writing about?
What is the way a character’s perspective is shown. What a character’s attitude is?
OR
What a character’s job is, what their identity is, what their background is?
The way you write about tone.
What is find a vocabulary word that describes the tone and find multiple short examples of words and phrases that show you this tone in the text?
PLEASE ONLY USE THIS STRATEGY IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT IT< IT IS DIFFICULT