Types of Writing
When an author writes to explain something to their reader they are writing to.....?
Inform
A ____ is what you write to guide your paper. Everything comes back to this one idea.
Thesis Statement
_____ marks the end of a sentence to demonstrate a complete thought
. period
through dialogue.
What does point of view mean?
point of view means whose perspective the story is being told by.
When an author writes to persuade, how might they try to persuade a reader?
by encouraging a reader to FEEL some kind of emotion towards their writing, use strong language, connect the reader, etc
_____ is provided in order to support a claim.
Evidence
____ marks a pause between parts of a sentence or between elements in a list.
comma ,
What is time and place an example of?
Setting
What are the three types of narrators? How do you know when it is each type of narration?
1st person- i, me, my
third omniscient- knows and reveals everything to reader
third limited- knows only as much as the character knows
How would a writer entertain a reader?
by creating detailed descriptions of characters, settings, conflicts....making sure there is a climactic scene.
How do you support a claim with evidence?
By conducting research in order to find credible and accurate sources and by providing quotes from those sources throughout your paper to support your idea.
How are quotation marks used in writing?
to identify a title, quoting a passage or something that someone said, or for dialogue in a narrative.
Describe theme and give an example of one.
Theme is the main message of a story. An example could be good v evil.
What is the difference between connotation and denotation.
Denotation= definition
Connotation=Connection
A TV commercial or advertisement is an example of which type of writing?
persuasive
How to do you appropriately use a quote to support an idea?
By providing the quote and then analyzing it in your own words.
R-restate
A-analyze
C-Cite evidence
E-evaluate
Write a sentence on the board correctly using quotation marks.
example: "Alexa, are you going to the movies tonight?" Nahomy asked.
on the board, write an example of dialogue to show a character's expression/emotion.
Example: "WHY WOULD YOU TELL HIM!" Julia shouted angerly.
What is the difference between details and description?
Details are pieces of information that help explain something. description helps paint a picture and allows a reader to truly understand what an author is writing about.
_____ is a story that is not real.
Fiction
How would you present each support in your writing?
each support has its own paragraph and is also introduced in the thesis statement.
What is an apostrophe used for? Also provide an example of how to correctly use it. Hint: ' is what it looks like.
to show possession of something or to create a contraction.
Example: 1053 is Ms. DALOIA'S classroom. I CAN'T go to the movies tonight.
Plot can be described as...
the sequence of events in which the story takes place.
When do you capitalize something?
Always at the beginning of a sentence, the letter I when talking about yourself, proper nouns such as names of people, places, things, book titles, and movie titles.