PARTS OF A PROMPT
GENRES
POETRY
MCAS TIPS
100

Essay or Narrative

What are two types of responses?

100

Tells a story.

What is a narrative?

100

BOOM!

CRASH!

What is onomatopoeia?

100

Boxes and Bullets

What is planning for an essay?

200

Telling the story from another perspective.

What is point of view?

200

Presents facts and opinions.

What is an article 

or What is an information text?

200

scrumptious sweet sundae

What is alliteration?

200

Planning a narrative story

What is a story mountain 

or arc?

300

Beginning, middle and end.

What are the organizers that can help with a writing response?

or

What parts of a story or article do you use in a response?

300

Teaches a lesson.

What is a fable? or

What is a narrative?

300

Comparing 2 things using like or as

What is a simile?

300

Figuring out a word from context

What is reading around the word?

400

WORLD

TEXT

THESIS/BOXES

What is the inverted triangle or introduction to an essay?

400

Expresses feelings and ideas using a distinct style or rhythm.

What is poetry?

400

an object taking on a human quality

What is personificatoin?

400

Taking notes on your scrap paper

What is annotation?