Writing Strategies

What are analogies used for?

• to point out how one thing is caused by another and are used to clarify relationships.

• to draw comparisons between seemingly unlike people, items, places, or situations.

• to tell how two things are alike or different.

• to clarify key word or concepts.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

How do writers use definition paragraphs?

• to tell two things are alike or different.

• to clarify a point for readers.

• to bring something to life so that the readers can get a clear impression of it.

• to clarify key word or concepts.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What are cause-and-effect paragraphs used for?

• to point out how one thing is caused by another and are used to clarify relationships.

• as a means of personalizing a topic or simply making a point stand out.

• to clarify a point for readers.

• to bring something to life so that the readers can get a clear impression of it.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why do writers use description?

• to draw comparisons between seemingly unlike people, items, places, or situations.

• to clarify key word or concepts.

• to bring something to life so that the readers can get a clear impression of it.

• to clarify a point for readers.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why would a writer use a process-analysis organizational pattern?

• to present information in time order.

• to present a general idea and then give examples.

• to describe how something is made or to explain the steps for how something is done.

• to give some examples and then summarize them with a general idea.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is a chronological arrangement?

• written like a story.

• puts information in time order.

• to describe how something is made or to explain the steps for how something is done.

• to give some examples and then summarize them with a general idea.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why do writers use spatial organization?

• to present details as you would naturally encounter them, such as from top to bottom or from the inside to the outside.

• to give some examples and then summarize them with a general idea.

• to present information in time order.

• to describe how something is made or to explain the steps for how something is done.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following strategies helps you link ideas in a paragraph together so they flow and make perfect sense to the reader?

• parallelism

• linkages

• consistency

• chronological

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following means that you maintain the same general wording and format for similar situations throughout the paragraph so that once readers figure out what is going on, they can easily understand the whole paragraph?

• consistency

• general-to-specific

• linkages

• parallelism

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following terms means that the paragraph maintains the same point of view and same verb tense throughout?

• consistency

• parallelism

• linkages

• description

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5