Informational
These are some key words that show the prompt or text is informational.
What is explain, define, analyze, compare and contrast, etc.?
What is argue, whether, versus, choose?
This figurative language compares two things using like or as.
What is simile?
This punctuation combines two sentences using a FANBOY.
What is comma?
This is Mr. Martinez' favorite animal. He wants to own one. Hint: the largest rodent.
What is capybara?
This is the main message or life lesson learned from the text.
What is theme?
This is the main idea or main argument of an essay that everything revolves around, the main premise of the essay.
What is thesis statement?
This is what you call the paragraphs in a poem.
Bonus: What you call paragraphs in sonnets.
What is stanza?
What is quantraint?
This punctuation combines two sentences without using a FANBOY.
What is semicolon?
The name of Mario's brother in the popular franchise Super Mario.
Who is Luigi?
This is the name of how an author structures their informational essay.
What is organizational structure/type?
This is the only element unique to writing argumentative essays that is found in no other type of essay.
What is counterargument?
This is the deeper meaning of a group of words or lines within a poem.
What is figurative meaning?
Find the error in the following sentence:
The cat and lion was never meant to be friends, but they became life-long buddies.
What is change "was" to "Were".
This food poisoned Snow White and made her fall into a deep sleep.
What is apple?
This is the Thinking Jobs for Informational Genre.
What is topic, what the author is trying to teach me, and author's pov?
This is the Thinking Jobs for Argumentative Genre.
What is claims, evidence, and counterargument?
This is how you analyze poetry, for each line or stanza.
What is look for figurative and literal meaning?
Fix the following sentence:
Never trust no one no matter if they say nothing, it will always hurt you.
What is change "," to ";"?
What race is the character Gimli in the Lord of the Rings. Hint: He is a part of the Fellowship of the Ring.
What is dwarf?
This type of organizational structure talks about a specific event (and the reason behind it) and its consequences.
What is cause and effect?
Name the two (bonus 3) parts of the counterargument.
What is concession, rebuttal (refutation), and evidence?
This is the rhyme and meter of the English sonnet.
Bonus: define it.
What is iambic pentameter.
What is 10 syllables with 5 unstressed and 5 stress.
This is all the FANBOYS. List them.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
This is the name of the Istari that betrayed his order and sided with Sauron. Hint: He is one of the wizards.
Who is Saruman?