Write like a Pro Part 1

Multiple Select

“Now he was on the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily.” – Lois Lowry, The Giver

• Now he was on the bridge

• hunched over on the bicycle

• pedaling steadily

Multiple Choice

“The shirt was silk paisley, unbuttoned halfway down his hairless chest."– Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

• The shirt was silk paisley

• unbuttoned halfway down

• his hairless chest

Open Ended

Write your own sentence modeled after the pattern in this example: “Narrowing his beady eyes, he read the title of one of the books.”

Open Ended

Write your own unique sentence using a participle or participial phrase

Multiple Choice

identify the absolutes and/or absolute phrases:

“Hermione was running toward them down the path, Hagrid puffing along behind her."

– J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• Hermione was running

• toward them down the path

• Hagrid puffing along behind her

Multiple Choice

identify the absolutes and/or absolute phrase

"The raptor struck out with its hind claws, and with a single swift movement ripped open the belly of the fallen animal, coils of intestine falling out like fat snakes"

– Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

• The raptor struck out with its hind claws

• a single swift movement

• the belly of the fallen animal

• coils of intestine falling out like fat snakes

Open Ended

Write your own sentence modeled after the pattern in this example: “He’s still two feet from the water, lying there, teeth gritted, tears cutting trails in the dirt on his face."

Open Ended

Write your own unique sentence using an absolute or absolute phrase:

Multiple Choice

identify the appositives and/or appositive phrases:

“So Cherry Valance, the cheerleader, Bob’s girl, the Soc, was trying to help us.” – S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

• So Cherry Valance

• the cheerleader, Bob’s girl, the Soc,

• was trying

• was trying to help us.

Multiple Choice

identify the appositives and/or appositive phrases:

“Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction. “– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

• Only Gatsby

• the man who gives his name to this book

• Only Gatsby was exempt from my reaction

• exempt from my reaction

Open Ended

Write your own sentence modeled after the pattern in this example: “His target, a small doe with a pronounced limp in her left forefoot, was still with the herd.” – Christopher Paolini, Eragon

Open Ended

Write your own unique sentence using an appositive or appositive phrase:

Multiple Select

Identify the vivid verbs: (2 answers)

“He craned his neck, scanning the mob.”– Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

• craned

• neck

• scanning

• the mob