The Cheat Code Part 1
The first item entered in the cheat code.
What is the what sentence?
Examples of this are: click, boom, splash, swish and whack.
What is onomatopoeia?
The last item entered into the cheat code.
What is the hook?
An example of this hook is: Have you ever had the opportunity to relive history?
What is a question?
An example of this type of hook is: I thought I had learned everything on that first trip to the museum. But then I went again and...
What is "a cliffhanger"?
The second items entered in the cheat code.
What are the main ideas?
An example of this is: It tasted like a little piece of heaven.
What is a simile?
All the items in the cheat code should point back to this.
What is the what sentence?
An example of this hook is: "All right boys and girls, it's time for us to go in," Mrs. Jones called out as we followed her to the entrance.
What is dialogue?
An example of this type of conclusion is: Make sure you allow enough time to see all that the museum has to offer.
What is "advice to the reader"?
The third items entered into the cheat code.
What are the details?
An example of this is: The hamburger was a party for my taste buds.
What is a metaphor?
In narratives, this sentence provides the setting for the story.
What is the what sentence in a narrative essay?
An example of this type of hook is: When I saw the unusual structure of the building, I couldn't wait to go in."
What is sensory detail?
An example of this type of conclusion is: Don't go to the museum on a holiday. It is too crowded!
What is "warning to reader"?
The fourth item entered into the cheat code.
What are transitions?
An example of this is: My taste buds danced for joy.
What is personification?
These types of details make great transitions.
What are sensory or emotional details?
An example of this type of hook is: The large building was beckoning us to enter."
What is figurative language? (Personification)
An example of this type of conclusion is: If you have the opportunity to visit the Museum of Natural History, go for it!
What is "persuade the reader"?
The fifth item entered into the cheat code.
What are transitions?
An example of this is: That hamburger was the best tasting thing in the history of the earth.
What is hyperbole?
These three items may be written as complete sentences.
What are the hook, the what and the conclusion sentences?
An example of this hook is: Even though we had spent months preparing for this trip, I wasn't ready for what happened next.
What is foreshadowing?
An example of this type of conclusion is: From that point forward, I look for opportunities to return to the museum.
What is "effect on author's life"?