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Yet more writing
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compares two different things using like or as. He was as fast as a hawk.
What is a simile?
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The very first thing I should do when I receive a task to write about
What is read the question closely?
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I do this to set my purpose for reading a selection.
What is read the questions first?
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The wind giggled outside my window.
What is personification?
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Start at the end of the story and work backwards. Say the word out loud and place a dot under words that look correct. Circle the ones that do not.
What is checking for spelling?
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My closet is a time machine.
What is a metaphor?
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After I know the topic I will write about, I do this to get all my ideas out.
What is a brainstorm.
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Before I read I look at the pictures, read the title, make connections to my reading. This is know as?
What is building schema?
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Finding similarities and differences between two or more things.
What is comparing and contrasting?
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I use a color to make sure all my sentences have these at the beginning and the end.
What is checking for capitals and periods?
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The breeze whispers through the porch screens.
What is personification?
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Before I start my plan I do this so my ideas are well organized.
What is organize my brainstorm into like ideas?
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You write down important information you want to remember next to the text.
What is talking to the text.
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"You drive me crazy!" "Hold your horses!"
What is an idiom.
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When the author has something specific he or she wants to say.
What is a purpose for writing?
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the butterfly fluttered, flew, and flapped in the sky.
What is alliteration?
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In this type of writing you have an introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph.
What is expository writing?
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This strategy is used after you read the question to make sure you have evidence in the text to back up your thinking.
What is look back strategy?
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The reason the author writes such as to entertain, persuade, or inform.
What is the author's purpose?
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We reread our writing to make it better.
What is revising?
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Tim threw the football to tommy, and he scored a touchdown!!
What is cause and effect?
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In writing you do this to make sure all your details are supported with elaboration.
What is stop and explain?
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I use this strategy when I don't understand a word in the text.
What is read on or read around the word you dont know to understand the sentence?
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Background knowledge + text clues =...
What is infering?
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This tool is used to make my word choice more interesting for my reader.
What is a Thesaurus?