NARRATIVE
First, Second, or Third Person
What is NARRATOR's POINT OF VIEW?
The similarities and differences are written about in this structure
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
The first sentence that might be a quote, a fact, a question, or a moment in time
LEAD or HOOK
This is where the punctuation is placed when we use quotation marks
Where is "inside the quote?"
This is the correct way to indent
What is "press TAB?"
Another word for NARRATIVE
STORY
A topic is described with facts in this text structure
DESCRIPTION
These two sentences restate the writing prompt
What are the thesis and the conclusion?
This is the sentence following each piece of quoted evidence
What is an ELABORATION?
This is how many times you press ENTER when starting a new paragraph
What is ONE time?
Past, Present, or Future
What is verb tense?
The order of events is listed chronologically in this text structure
SEQUENCE
The thesis and the conclusion must include these two pieces of information
What are the titles and authors of the source texts?
This is the definition of an ELABORATION
What is a sentence that describes or talks further about the quoted evidence in your own words?
The passing of time is a change in...
What is SETTING?
A character speaks or setting changes
When do you change paragraphs?
This text structure tells why something happened
CAUSE AND EFFECT
This is how many big ideas you should find in common between the two texts
What is 3?
In a PAIRED TEXT ESSAY, this is how many pieces of quoted evidence you need for each big idea
What is TWO? (one for each source text)
T or F: A conversation between two characters can be written in all one paragraph.
FALSE. You must have each character's dialogue on a new line
Name something from our rubrics that makes your narrative sentences fancier
What are the Magic 3, Repetition, or Figurative Language?
This text structure tells how to fix something that's gone wrong
PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
This is the kind of word used to introduce each BIG IDEA SENTENCE
What is a TRANSITION WORD?
Pick 1: quoted evidence must be EXACT words copied down, or it should be restated in your own words
What is EXACT?
T or F: If a character goes to a new location in the story, it should happen in a new paragraph.
TRUE (setting change)