Writing
The type of essay you will write using this prompt:
Throughout the world, animals have developed incredible ways to survive in their environments. Some animals can live in extreme heat or cold, while others have special features that help them find food, escape predators, or raise their young. Choose one animal and write an essay that explains how it is able to survive where it lives.
Informational / Informative
The term for when writers use descriptive language, adjectives, and sensory details to create a picture for the reader.
What is imagery?
A story about a real person that has setting, characters, conflict, and resolution. It also has dialogue, as seen in texts like "Mom, & Me, & Mom".
What is a nonfiction narrative or narrative nonfiction?
When a reader looks for repeated words or ideas, examines a character's journey, and considers the title and author's purpose, the reader is looking for the...what?
Theme of the story
The difference between tone and mood.
Tone: The author's feelings or attitudes toward their subject
Mood: The feeling the reader gets from the story.
The recipe for a complete topic sentence.
Transition + Main Idea + 1 Supporting Idea
"The wind howled through the trees like a lonely wolf." What types of figurative language are used here?
Simile and Personification
Point of view told through a character's eyes and uses Me, my, I pronouns.
What is first person point of view?
Type of nonfiction you are writing if you are trying to convince your principal not to require uniforms.
What is argument or persuasive writing?
Which word best describes the tone of this sentence? "The abandoned house loomed over the street, its broken windows like dark, watching eyes."
Eerie, ominous, creepy, frightening
This is made-up of a main idea or claim statement, along with supporting ideas.
What is a thesis statement?
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile uses "like" or "as" to compare, while a metaphor makes a direct comparison without those words.
This is the problem in the story that the protagonist has to face.
What is Conflict?
When a reader identifies the topic, and tries to figure out what the text is saying about that topic, the reader is looking for the ....what?
Main Idea
Name the two parts of a poem below:
1. A group of lines together in a poem, like a paragraph.
2. A row of words like a sentence.
1. Stanza
2. Line
In the 3rd body paragraph of an argument essay, these are two important elements that have to be in an argumentative piece of writing.
What are counterclaim and rebuttal?
Jamal stepped onto the basketball court, and the noise faded away. This was his battlefield, and the ball was his sword. Every move he made was deliberate.
Identify the type of figurative language.
What is Metaphor?
It means...Jamal is serious about basketball, and this game is going to be a challenging fight.
This is an example of a specific part of a story's plot.
After days lost in the mountains, Leo finally spotted the rescue helicopter circling above. He lit the last flare he had, and moments later, help arrived. Cold, tired, and hungry—but safe—he knew he had pushed past his fear and proved to himself that he was stronger than he ever imagined.
What is the resolution?
Forming a conclusion from the text and using what you already know is called making this.
What is making an inference?
"Although the book seemed tedious at first, I soon found myself captivated by the plot twists and character development." What does tedious most likely mean?
Boring, repetitive
You should create these two organizers in order to prepare to write most essays
What are the thesis hat and the T-chart?
This figurative language seen here, shows the character's thoughts as being compared to a storm:
"Her thoughts swirled like a hurricane, crashing into each other with no clear direction."
What is Simile?
Bonus 100 points for explaining it
This is the author's lesson, message, or observation about life.
What is theme?
Bonus: Give an example of a full theme.
A book shows how two characters from different backgrounds learn to understand and respect each other. What is a possible theme?
Maybe.. Acceptance, Friendship, or Overcoming Differences
"Despite the arid climate, the desert was home to many plants and animals that had adapted to the dry conditions." What does arid most likely mean?
Dry