Prompts!
How many TASKS are in this prompt:
"You have learned about electricity by reading three articles, 'Energy Story,' 'Short Circuit,' and 'Conducting Solutions.'
In an essay, analyze how each source uses explanations, examples, and/or descriptions to help accomplish its purpose. Support your response with evidence from each source."
Acceptable answers: 2! ANALYZE explanations, examples, and/or descriptions, and SUPPORT your response with evidence.
If you said 4, because you counted analyzing explanations, examples, and descriptions as separate tasks, I will accept it!
What is a word that means a statement or opinion that requires proof to be true, or an idea that could be challenged? Example: "What is the author's main ______ about the importance of rain forests?"
claim
What is synonym for "theme"?
central message
What is an action word that means "to serve as a foundation for" or "to back up"? For example: "Which sentence from the passage ______ part A?"
to support
What is the definition of a simile?
A figurative comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
How many TASKS in this prompt:
"You have read two passages about transportation routes. Write an essay that compares each author’s purposes in the passages and explains the similarities and differences in the way that each author presents his or her topic. Be sure to include details from both texts to support your response."
3! COMPARE author purpose, EXPLAIN similarities and differences in how topics are presented, and INCLUDE details from the texts.
What is the word for a plan or method? Example: "What is the author's _____ for developing her claim in the article?"
strategy
What is the definition of a central message or theme?
A text's main lesson or universal takeaway.
What is an action word that means "to add to"? Example: "How does the first stanza of the poem __________ to the development of the theme?"
to contribute
What is the definition of a metaphor?
A figurative comparison between two things that does NOT use "like" or "as."
How many TASKS in this prompt:
"You have read a passage from The Count of Monte Cristo and a scene from Blessings. Think about the similarities and differences in how the two authors develop the themes in each text.
Write an essay in which you identify a theme from each text and analyze how each theme is developed. Be sure to include specific details from both selections."
4! THINK about similarities and differences, IDENTIFY a theme from each text, ANALYZE how each theme is developed, and INCLUDE specific details from the texts.
What is a word that means how something gets built up or changes over time? Example: "How does the first stanza of the poem contribute to the ___________ of the theme?"
development
What is it called when a character within a story is telling the story?
first-person point of view or first-person narration
What is an action word that means to reduce the main ideas to a short description? Example: "Which statement best _________ the article?"
to summarize
What is the definition of personification?
When an inanimate or non-human object is given human characteristics.
How many TASKS in this prompt:
"You have read the passage from Boy’s Life and 'Emancipation: A Life Fable.' Write an essay that identifies a similar theme in each text and compares and contrasts the approaches each text uses to develop this theme. Be sure to support your response with evidence from both texts."
Acceptable answers: 3 or 4! IDENTIFY themes, COMPARE and CONTRAST (one or two tasks, depending on how you think about it), and SUPPORT your response with evidence.
What is a word that means an intention or goal? Example: "Which statement best describes the _______ of Aunt Plenty's character in the passage?"
purpose
What is it called when a voice outside of a story is telling the story?
third-person point of view, or third-person narration
Which action PHRASE means to explore what is similar or different about two or more things? Example: "_________ and _________ the theme in each of the passages."
to compare and contrast
The following is an example of _________ : "The tall grass was billowing in the field and the smell of spring flowers was in the air."
Sensory language or imagery
How many TASKS in this prompt:
"Read these lines from 'Identity':
If I could stand alone, strong and free,
I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed.
In an extended response, explain what the speaker means by this statement. Then, explain how this point of view is reflected in The Witch of Blackbird Pond and compare and contrast how “Identity” and The Witch of Blackbird Pond approach the same theme. Cite textual evidence to support your explanation. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English."
6 or 7! READ the poem, EXPLAIN what the speaker means, EXPLAIN how view is reflected in the other passage, COMPARE and CONTRAST (one or two tasks depending on how you think about it) how texts approach the theme, CITE textual evidence, and OBSERVE conventions.
What is a word that means smaller bits of particular information? Example: "Which ________ from the article best supports your answer to Part A?"
details
What is a phrase that means the position of a narrator in the story, or the perspective a story is told from?
point of view
What is an action word that means to examine something closely, usually by breaking it down into parts. Example: "________ the author's use of figurative language in the last paragraph."
to analyze
What is do you call exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally (instead meant to be taken figuratively)?
hyperbole