Essay Writing
This is how many paragraphs you need in an essay.
What is at least 4 paragraphs?
This is another word for a narrative.
What is a story?
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
This is when you explain how two things are similar.
What is compare?
This is what you should eat the morning of MCAS.
What is a healthy breakfast?
This is the first paragraph of your essay.
What is the introduction?
This is when characters talk to each other.
What is dialogue?
He was a cheetah during the final lap of the race.
What is a metaphor?
This is when you explain an idea in great detail.
What is describe?
You should charge this the night before you take the MCAS.
What is a Chromebook?
This is how many quotes you need per body paragraph.
What is 2 quotes per paragraph?
This is when the narrator is describing the story, their feelings, or the setting.
What is narration or description?
The mosquito buzzed by my ear.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is when you highlight the only most important events in a passage.
What is summarize?
You should do this before you start reading any passages.
This is how much analysis comes after each quote.
What is 2 sentences of analysis (What the quote means and why it's important.)
This is how you format dialogue.
What is start a new paragraph whenever there is a new speaker?
I was so hungry, I could eat a mountain of food!
What is hyperbole?
This is when you find text evidence or quotes.
What is supporting your idea?
You should do this before you start writing any essays or narratives.
This is the last sentence of your introduction.
What is your thesis?
What is similar to the original with lots of small paragraphs of dialogue and narration?
What is an idiom?
This is when you prove how ideas are connected and prove your thesis.
What is analysis?
This is how many characters you should type on your writing prompts.