Explanatory Tasks
The primary goal of an explanatory task is to do this for the reader rather than giving an opinion.
What is teach?
When explaining the water cycle, you should use details from the text to explain these.
What are the steps?
Narrative writing requires you to either write your own story or do this to an existing one.
What is continue it?
This term refers to the central lesson or message the author wants the reader to learn.
What is theme?
In a Research Simulation Task, you must read this many or more texts about the same topic.
What is two?
In an informative task, these two types of information should be your main focus.
What are facts and details?
An explanatory task requires you to look for these to see how ideas are linked.
What are connections (or order)?
These are the four essential elements a narrative must include: characters, setting, beginning, middle, and this.
What is the end?
Authors use these types of descriptive words to appeal to the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell).
What is imagery?
Besides articles, a Research Simulation Task might include these two types of visual sources.
What are charts or visuals?
This writing example involves using text facts to explain how a volcano forms.
What is an essay?
To support your writing, you must include this from the text, which can be details, examples, or quotes.
What is evidence?
When continuing a story, you should look for these to understand how the plot should keep moving.
What are clues?
When an author uses this technique, they say words or lines multiple times to show they are important.
What is repetition?
When writing your essay, you must use information and evidence from this many sources.
What is both/all of them?
To keep track of important information, you should always do this to key details in a text.
What is underline or highlight?
Besides facts, readers should look for this type of specific terminology related to the topic.
What is key vocabulary?
Writing a story from a specific character's point of view, like Ruby Bridges, requires using these types of details.
What are descriptive details?
These are three specific "Author's Moves" (craft choices) used to show feelings or create a mood.
What are word choice, dialogue, and imagery?
To do well on this task, you should look for these two things between the different texts.
What are the similarities and differences?
Words like "first," "then," and "because" are known as these types of words.
What are transition words?
True or False: You should include your personal opinion in an informative task.
What is False?
Before you begin writing, you must identify these two things that have already been introduced in the text.
What are characters and problems?
To understand the lesson of a story, a reader should look at the relationship between these two things.
What are actions and consequences?
This is the final step of a Research Simulation Task after you finish answering the questions.
What is writ/ing an essay?