Writing
When answering a prompt, what is important?
Reading and understanding the question, prompt, and instructions.
Sticking to the prompt and what they are asking.
Writing with correct grammar and syntax.
Capital letters, punctuation, etc.
*Always reread your writing.
What is the main idea?
It is the central point or argument the author is making. The main idea helps the reader understand the core message of the text.
Specific to the text's plot, characters, and events.
*The title often reveals the main topic.
*First and last sentences often contain the main idea or summarize it.
What is a simile?
A simile is a phrase or sentence where two things are compared using the words like or as.
What are verb tenses?
Verb tenses indicate when an action or state of being occurs in relation to time (past, present, or future)
*I played.
* I play.
* I will play.
What two words best the underlined words?
We would have good fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and nice apple pie with vanilla ice cream.
neat / plain
much / better
ordinary / fine
crispy / tasty
crispy / tasy
What is theme?
Is the idea, or message in a piece of writing, art, music, or other creative work.
* It is the message, lesson, or moral that the text teaches.
*Theme can be applied to various works and life experiences.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a phrase or sentence where you compare two things without using the words like or as, you just state that they are.
Which two words can replace the underlined word?
Then, the lights in the auditorium went out and the crowd was plunged into darkness.
After
Finally
Suddenly
Surprisingly
Unfortunately
Suddenly
Surprisingly
What is an inference?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning or a conclusion you reach by using what you already know to figure out something that's not directly stated.
How do you find punctuation mistakes in a passage?
Reading the section more than once and with the punctuation in mind.
* Pausing at commas and stopping at periods.
* Reading it in your head, or to yourself.
Your opinion statement, your reasons, and explanation.
* Pay attention to how much if it says 1 paragraph then only 1.
If it says multiple paragraphs then 3 or more.
What do you do when you do not know the answer?
Reread the passage or question again.
Read all the possible answers and cross eliminate.
Take a break and come back to it.
Make an academic guess.