Persuasive Essay
Your city or town would like to build something for the community to enjoy. Write a paper to convince your community that your idea of what to build is the one they should choose. What kind of essay would this be? Give keywords that helped you with your answer.
Persuasive- convince, your idea
Why are informative essays written?
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They are written to inform about a topic
What is a personal narrative?
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A story about your life or experiences.
In my life, not everything ends up like a fairytale. I like to read books where characters are like me. They don’t live fairytale lives. We have the same kinds of problems. Many people read Sandra Cisnero’s story “Eleven” and think it’s about a girl who has to wear a sweater she doesn’t want to wear. I think the story is about a girl who struggles to hold onto herself when challenged by people who have power over her.
What is this student's thesis statement? Their body paragraphs should be about __________.
Thesis: I think the story is about a girl who struggles to hold onto herself when challenged by people who have power over her.
The girl holds onto herself when challenged by people in power.
This paragraph contains the emotional sentence, position/claim, and thesis statement.
The introduction paragraph
"Position," "Point of view," "Perspective," and "Opinion" are all key words for this type of essay.
Persuasive Essay
The first step in writing is to ___________________
Invest in the prompt
What is the last line of the introductory paragraph called?
Thesis statement
Write an example of a prompt that would be informative on your whiteboard.
EX: Think of some problems the world is going through today. What steps can be taken to help solve these problems?
What is a setting snapshot?
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Setting snapshot is when an author zooms in on the setting using sensory details for description.
EX: My eyes were as heavy as a 1,000-pound weight. My body shivered as I splashed my face with water. Grandma clinked pots and pans, and the savory smell of bacon danced in my nose.
This is a literary essay introduction. What is missing? Write an example the writer can use. Don't buzz until your entire group has an example; label it hook.
Prompt: How does the imagery change from the beginning to the end of the poem “After the Winter”? What does this reveal about the message the author is trying to convey? Remember to include textual evidence by providing strong facts, details, examples, and quotations that support your response.
In the poem “After the Winter” by Claude McKay, the imagery changes from dreary to hopeful. This shows that there is light at the end of a dark, dreary tunnel. In this poem, the imagery changes. This shows that there is hope for the future.
A hook.
Example: have you ever read a poem that sticks with you because it reminds you of a time in your life? I have “After the Winter” by Claude McKay.
These paragraphs contain a topic sentence, evidence (cited work), and explanations.
The body paragraphs
"Tell about a time" and "your experience" are keywords for this type of essay.
Personal Narrative
Identify the type of essay you must write and give keywords.
After reading "Pets" and "Animals", write an essay that describes how animals could be useful in a community, a school, or a place oF work. Support your reasoning with evidence from both passages.
Informative:
describe
What is the last line of the introductory paragraph called?
Thesis statement
What is a Thesis Statement?
True or False : An informative essay should include your personal opinion
False
You must use this writing strategy when writing a personal narrative.
Dialogue
This is an example of what literary essay paragraph?
In conclusion, the imagery changes from symbols of despair to hope, showing the author has aspirations for the time ahead. There is a light at the end of the tunnel when there are trying times.
Conclusion
Literary, Informative, and Persuasive essays should all have all 4 of these things
At least four paragraphs
thesis statement
some type of hook(emotional statement for a persuasive paper
transitional words at the beginning of all paragraphs except the introduction paragraph
"Explain," "teach," and "define" are all keywords for this type of essay.
Informative Essay
Write an essay that explains how camouflage and vision work together to help animals survive in their environments. Include information From both passages in your article.
Informative:
explains
This is what part of your persuasive essay?
Condensing the essay into a short review version - including the highlights.
Conclusion
Is this correctly cited?
Nelson Mandela said, "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Yes
Correct the following dialogue sentence.
What about that man over there he whispered, pointing in the gentleman's direction. Doesn't he look friendly too
“What about that man over there?” he whispered, pointing in the gentleman's direction. “Doesn't he look friendly too?”
Every body paragraph must have these three elements.
Topic sentence, evidence and explanations
How is a literary essay different from narrative writing?
Instead of telling a story, in a literary essay, the author shares information about the characters and themes in a story
Starting with a vivid description is an introductory strategy mainly used in this essay style.
Personal Narrative
Authors often write about their life experiences. In the poem, the author writes to Chad but never describes Chad to the reader. In your opinion, is Chad a person or a dog?
Persuasive
your opinion
This is a strategy used to pull at the reader's heart, found in the introduction.
Emotional sentence
What is your thesis made up of?
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WHAT IS (The prompt or task of the essay plus the topics of your body paragraphs.)
What are other components of a narrative?
characters and a climax (when the CONFLICT of the PLOT is resolved )
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True or False: You need to include your opinion in a Literary Analysis Essay
False
This sentence should introduce every paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
Why is the conclusion of an opinion or informative essay the easiest paragraph to write?
Because it uses information from the other paragraphs, so you don't have to think as hard.
What is the theme of "The Wizard of Oz, " by Frank Baun? Support your answer with details from the story.
Literary Essay