Argumentative
Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch
The first sentence in your conclusion paragraph should accomplish this task.
Restate the thesis
Juxtaposition is used by Simpson to emphasize the gulf between the lives of the poor and the rich.
Simpson uses juxtaposition to emphasize the gulf between the lives of the poor and the rich.
Describe a scene set in the 1800s in a way that shows the setting.
Use things like carriages, tophats, and old language in dialogue.
How many pieces of text evidence do you need in each body paragraph?
2
How do you score a 4 in the Language section of the EOC?
Use strong, relevant words
Give the outline of a body paragraph from the Informative essay.
Topic Sentence
Text Evidence
Explain
Text evidence
Explain
Conclusion
Correct the following sentence:
Each team member needs to skate as hard as they can.
All team members need to skate as hard as they can.
Or
Each team member needs to skate as hard as he can.
These are the four sections in the EOC essay rubric
Focus and organization
Development
Language
Conventions
Come up with a GREAT hook for the argumentative prompt:
Can a Video Game Be a Work of Art?
- No questions that can be answered with yes or no
- If onomatopoeia, you need an interesting follow-up
- No restated prompt
What are three narrative techniques that you should use to develop characters, events, and setting?
In the introduction, you need to accomplish three tasks, what are they?
Hook
Summarize topic/author's
Give thesis statement
Why does passive voice work better than active in the following sentence?
Unfortunately, one worker died in the fire.
It emphasizes the action (died) rather than the one accomplishing the action (fire).
The alternative suggests that the fire was actively trying to injure the workers.
Define a run on sentence.
2 sentences inappropriately joined together.
The five paragraphs in an argument essay are:
Introduction
Body, body
Counterclaim
Conclusion
In order to score a 4 in focus and organization, you need an introduction that engages the readers and establishes what two things?
Context and point of view.
Context includes setting, characters, and situation
The five paragraphs in an informative essay are:
Introduction
Body
Body
Conclusion
Correct the following sentence:
My mother sprinted around the parking lot; her hands waving as she yelled John's name.
My mother sprinted around the parking lot, her hands waving as she yelled John's name.
This type of essay should be written for the following prompt:
Tell a true story related to the following question: Is there a difference between seeing and knowing?
Narrative
Does forgiveness first require an apology?
Forgiveness first requires an apology because...
A narrative essay should include dialogue, pacing, and description to develop characters, events and this narrative element
setting
Explanatory
Correct the following sentence:
There is a reason why schools need honor codes, too many students are cheating.
There is a reason why schools need honor codes: too many students are cheating.
This type of essay should be written for the following prompt:
Write an essay in which you examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts,. and information related to the following question: How do we decide what we want versus what we need?
Informative