Use one of these two techniques for planning narrative.
What is create a time line or story mountain?
100
This purpose of this genre is to teach and inform.
What is non-fiction?
100
Paragraph is to essay as _________ is to poetry.
What is stanza?
100
These show a shift in speaker, idea, time, or setting.
What are paragraphs?
100
This is the attitude that you can achieve your goals with practice, effort, dedication, grit, and a belief in the Power of Yet!
What is Growth Mindset?
200
Including dialogue in narrative is important because it reveals so much about a character. When writing narrative, adding setting and description to this can help present information about a character's internal and external traits.
What are speaker tags?
200
These help to connect one idea to the next and are very effective and powerful in writing.
What are transitional phrases?
200
This is referred to as the message, life lesson, the central idea, or the big take-away.
What is theme?
200
The use of these purposeful and effective comparisons made either directly or by including the words "like" or "as" to compare really spice up writing and help mind movies roll.
What are similes and metaphors?
200
This strategy will help you process directions.
What is signals for success?
300
This technique is the act of slowing down the action to describe what you see, hear, feel, etc. so your readers' mind movies can roll!
What is showing, not telling?
300
Cause and effect, problem and solution, chronological order, and compare and contrast, are examples of these.
What are text structures?
300
When reading, you need to read closely, attentively, and do this throughout to create meaning.
What is Stop, Think, and React?
300
No matter what genre of writing, you always want to make sure that your writing leaves your reader with this at the end of your piece.
What is a lasting impression?
300
This powerful WOW word is used in the song "I Will Survive". Can you imagine if Gloria Gaynor sang, "First I was afraid. I was scared"????? Not a good ring to that at all!!
What is petrified?
400
You always want to make sure that you not only describe what's externally happening to you in your writing, but you also want to be sure to share this.
What is the internal or "inside" story?
400
When reading non-fiction, writers of non-fiction use these to organize and present information.
What are non-fiction text features?
400
The essay uses this structure for planning.
What are boxes and bullets?
400
Ingrid Law's "toddler toothsome tongue" is an example of this craft move.
What is alliteration?
400
To amp up your responses to reading, you need to make sure that you revisit the text and include these.
What is specific text evidence or specific details?
500
Three effective techniques for crafting an effective lead in personal narrative.
What is to begin with a small action, dialogue, or descriptive setting?
500
It's important in reading to pay attention to how characters act, and what they say and do. You should always be focused on these when reading fiction.
What are character motivations?
500
This craft move is used for emphasis, particularly in poetry.
What is repetition?
500
When a writer gives an inanimate object human qualities.
What is personification?
500
What does MCAS stand for?
What is the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System?