Keywords & Directions (RST only)

What are keywords?

• the directions

• the topic of your essay

• important words from the prompt that should be repeated in your essay

What is a distractor?

• the directions to a prompt

• sentences that aren't important in a prompt

Read the prompt and identify the keywords:

You have read “Planets” and “The Solar System”. Write an essay explaining how Earth and Mars are different. Use information from the two texts to help you write your essay.

• "Planets" and "The Solar System"

• Write an essay

• Earth and Mars

• Earth, Mars, and different

Which sentence or sentences is the distractor in the prompt below?

You have read “Planets” and “The Solar System”. Write an essay explaining how Earth and Mars are different. Use information from the two texts to help you write your essay.

• You have read “Planets” and “The Solar System”.

• Write an essay explaining how Earth and Mars are different.

• Use information from the two texts to help you write your essay.

Read the prompt and identify the keywords:

You have read two articles called “Giant Pandas” and “Animals at the National Zoo.” Write an essay explaining how pandas and tapirs find food in their environments. Use information from both articles in your essay.

• write, essay, and explaining

• "Giant Pandas" and "Animals at the National Zoo"

• pandas, tapirs, find, food, environment

Which sentence or sentences below is a distractor?

You have read two articles called “Giant Pandas” and “Animals at the National Zoo.” Write an essay explaining how pandas and tapirs find food in their environments. Use information from both articles in your essay.

• You have read two articles called “Giant Pandas” and “Animals at the National Zoo.”

• Write an essay explaining how pandas and tapirs find food in their environments.

• Use information from both articles in your essay.

Read the prompt below and identify the keywords:

You have read two articles called “Tigers in Trouble” and “Helping Tigers.” Write an essay explaining how tigers are endangered and what people can do to help. Use information from the two articles to help you write your essay.

• information, essay, explaining

• articles, "Tigers in Trouble," and "Helping Tigers"

• tigers, endangered, people, help

Which sentence or sentences below is a distractor?

You have read two articles called “Tigers in Trouble” and “Helping Tigers.” Write an essay explaining how tigers are endangered and what people can do to help. Use information from the two articles to help you write your essay.

• Write an essay explaining how tigers are endangered and what people can do to help.

• Use information from the two articles to help you write your essay.

• You have read two articles called “Tigers in Trouble” and “Helping Tigers.”