DCA 1: Review

What is author's purpose?

• The main idea

• When the author asks a question

• The reason an author does something

• The author's choices

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is author's craft?

• The main idea

• When the author asks a question

• The reason an author does something

• The author's choices

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What's the first thing you should do when taking a reading test?

• Annotate every paragraph

• Read the questions before reading the passage

• Take a nap

• Read the passage before looking at the questions

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What should you do before submitting your test?

• double-check your answers; find text evidence for each

• take a nap

• nothing, just submit

• click random choices

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

An effective way to end an persuasive essay is with a...

• Call to action (get the readers to do something)

• Rhetorical question

• Quotation from a famous movie

• Statistic

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

An effective call to action should do all of the following EXCEPT

• focus on the speaker

• speak directly to the reader(s)

• appeal to the reader's emotions/sense of logic

• conclude the essay

Transitions should...

• bridge the gap between paragraphs

• never be more than one word

• always be explicit (direct)

• always be implicit (indirect)

What do I need to use to combine sentences?

• a comma + a FANBOYS or a semi-colon

• just a comma

• just a FANBOYS

• nothing, just put them together

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which of the following is NOT another word for thesis?

• position

• claim

• clause

(TWO CORRECT ANSWERS) What is the purpose of a claim/thesis/position statement?

• to share the author's argument with the reader(s)

• to imply that the reader is incorrect in their opinion

• to explore the origins of the main topic

• to provide the reader with a "roadmap" to the rest of the essay