Persuasive Essay
What is the first thing you should do with the Persuasive Prompt?
Label the prompt.
What words are negative tone words?
a)paranoid, suspicious
b) objective, comic
c) nostalgic, effusive
d) passionate, sentimental
a) paranoid, suspicious
What word means a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
a. lancet
b. whittle
c. diffidence
d. idiosyncrasy
d. idiosyncrasy
What should you do with the quote the state gives you in the box, on the prompt page?
"Read it, don't repeat it"
Dear Marsha,
Do you want to visit the museum with me?
Your best friend, Elizabeth
There are no mistakes?
What word means: shower with love; show excessive affection for
a. dote
b. cajole
c. belie
a. dote
When planning the essay, what are the first 3 steps of the planning process, once you've labeled the prompt?
1. Turn the prompt into a question.
2. Create a T-Chart do decide what your opinion is
3. Create a web to establish your "REAL LIFE" Examples.
“I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”
How does the the speaker's tone change in the stanza?
It goes from feeling negative with the sigh, to positive with it making a difference.
When you need to find a synonym you should use...
Thesaurus
What should you do each time you create a new paragraph?
Indent.
All of those long hours of practise finally paid off!
What change should be made?
Fix the spelling - Practice
If you define a word you don't know and you still don't understand the definition, what should you do?
Find a synonym you understand.
How many paragraphs should you include in your essay?
What should be in each paragraph?
Four Paragraphs
Introduction: Hook & Thesis Statement
Paragraph 2: Reason and Example #1
Paragraph 3: Reason and Example #2
Conclusion: Wrap it up and Call-to-Action
Even though she works long hours. She keeps working hard after she gets home.
What change if any, should be made?
What is change the period to a comma after the word--hours and lowercase the s in --she?
When typing your essay on the computer what two keys should you push to start a new paragraph?
"Enter"
"Tab"