The first sentence of a narrative, opinion, or informative essay should include a....
Hook
Bonus- Give an example of a hook strategy.
I will always cite my ___________ in my RACE essay response.
Source
Bonus- for a direct cite, I must use _______marks.
The Greek root aqua means
What is water?
What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?
It explains what your paragraph will be about so your readers get an idea of what they're about to read.
Sometimes writers use ________ words at the beginning of each paragraph to show sequence or list multiple things.
Transition
Bonus- Give 3 examples of transition words.
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is it third-person or first-person?
What is third-person point of view?
Give an example of a verb
What is run, skip, walk, jump, etc?
The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.
What is two or 2?
What does it mean to "summarize" a text?
A summary should highlight the main points of a story.
Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?
Fiction: Imagination/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
Identify the error in this sentence:
joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
What is Joey and ride bikes?
Joey likes to swim, ride bikes, and read books.
The verb in the following sentence is?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
What is slithered?
If the prefix -un means not, what does unavailable mean?
What is, not able to do something
What is the purpose of a conclusion in an essay?
The purpose of a conclusion in a story is to provide a final summary of the main points and discuss the core message.
What is a theme, and why is it important in a story?
The theme is a central idea, message, or the overall meaning of a story.
The theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
What is honesty?
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
What is suspected or guessed?
The text structure what put events in order is know as
What is sequence or chronological?
Explain the difference between fact and opinion.
Fact: Information stated from proven evidence.
Opinion: How someone personally feels.
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
First-person: narrator (I, me, and my)
Third-person: narrator is not a character in a story. (he, she, they, and them)
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
What are supporting details?
Essay writing includes at least ______ paragraphs.
3
I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. "Bending over backwards" means...
What is really trying hard to please?
Bonus- What type of figurative language is this?
"The stars are diamonds in the sky". What does this imply?
The stars are shinning bright.
Bonus- What kind of figurative language is this?
The 3 paragraphs of an essay are called the _______,
__________, & _____________.
- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusion