STArt Sentences

S“T”Art Sentences

S - Source

● Where did this information come from?

○ Magazine, newspaper, online publication?

● Source should be underlined

Open Ended

What is the Source of this article?

“T” - “Title”
● What is the title of the article?
● Title should be properly capitalized and in quotation

marks.
○ If the title includes punctuation, remember to include it.

Open Ended

What is the "Title" of this article?

A- Author
● Who wrote this text?
● Make sure to capitalize the author’s name.
● If there is more than one author, list all names.
● If no author is listed, write “the author”

Open Ended

Who is the Author of this article?

r- right verb

Consider the author’s purpose. Why did the author write this text?

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Avoid words like “says,” “tells,” and “writes.”

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Persuade:
○argues, debates, convinces

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Inform:
○explains, describes, details, discusses, illustrates

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Entertains:
○Tells the story of, follows the story of

Right Verbs……(The author…)

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Argues

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Asserts

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Claims

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Compares

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Concludes

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Contrasts

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Criticizes

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Describes

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Entertains

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Explains

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Identifies

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Illustrates

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Informs

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Opposes

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Persuades

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Presents

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Proposes

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Questions

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Recommends

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Reports

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States

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Suggests

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Urges

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Warns

Open Ended

What is the author's purpose of this article? What right verb would be the best choice?

t- topic

●What is this article about?

●What is the main idea?

●Avoid re-writing the title as the topic.

Open Ended

What was the main idea of this passage? What was it mostly about?

Open Ended

Put it all together:

Source: Scholastic Scope magazine

"Title": “Would You Eat This Pizza?”

Author: Andrew Klein and Mackenzie Carro

right verb: explains

topic: ...how jellyfish can be enjoyed as a delicious and nutritious food.

Put it all together…

In the Scholastic Scope magazine article, “Would You Eat This

Pizza?”, Andrew Klein and Mackenzie Carro explain how

jellyfish can be enjoyed as a delicious and nutritious food.

Source

“Title”

Author

right verb

topic