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While reading, the effective reader should

Annotate keywords and ideas

Summarize the important details

100

What are the three stages of the writing process?

Pre-writing, Drafting, and Revision

100

This type of essay examines two or more topics (objects, people, or ideas, for example), comparing their similarities and contrasting their differences.

Compare & Contrast

100

A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase.

What is synonyms?
100

Why do we use commas?

Commas indicate a separation of ideas or elements within the structure of a sentence.

200
What are the benefits of reading like a writer?

Develop critical thinking skills

Exposes you to a variety of writing styles

Study grammar in context

Expand your vocabulary

Inspires new ideas.

200

Pre-Writing Strategies

Pre-writing is brainstorming, free writing, outlining, and research. It’s the process of getting started, gathering ideas, and putting them to use; practice makes perfect.

200

What type of writing is collecting and presenting evidence, allowing the reader to make an informed decision regarding the topic.

Argumentative writing

200

A word that’s opposite in meaning to another.

What is antonyms?

200

True or False:

Semicolons and colons should always be placed outside the closing quotation marks.

True

300

Reading Process Phrases

Before reading, during reading, and after reading

300

What's the difference between a topic and summary sentence?

  • A topic sentence is a sentence that introduces the reader to the type in that specific paragraph. Each body paragraph requires a topic sentence. 
  • A summary sentence summarizes the body paragraph and links together your analysis and evidence. It also serves as a transition to the following body paragraph. 
300

What is the setting of Hills Like White Elephants?

Spain

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Words that link together other words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. Hint: words like and, but, or.

Conjunctions

300

True or False: Commas go between the items in your list, but not always before "and."

True

400

What do we do when we are reading like a reader?

Questions, Predict, Infer, Connect, Feel, and Evaluate


400

What might happen if you didn’t proofread your paper?

Your paper might contain grammatical errors.

400

the collection of feelings or associations you have with a word.

What is connotation?

400

Name three different types of sentence structure

Simple, Compound, and Complex

400

Name the sentence type: 

Must have a comma and a conjunction between two independent clauses.

Compound sentence

500

Active Strategies for Reading

Bracket the main idea or thesis of the reading and put an asterisk next to it. 

Highlighting keywords/terms and sentences that best expresses the main concept. 

Write a summary of an essay or chapter in your own words.

500

Difference between editing and revising

  • Editing is correcting smaller things like grammar and syntax to make your writing make sense and be perfected. 
  • Revising is correcting big items like thesis, hooks, organization, and diction(things that are specifically related to your ideas and argument). 
500

In Hemingway's "Hills like White Elephants" Who is Jig?

The woman

500

“Bella read a book and ate a snack before bedtime.” This sentence is an example of……

What is a compound sentence?

500

What are simple sentences?

  • These are complete thoughts and contain one independent clause.