Writing skills

What are sensory details?

• a comparison using like or as

• details that appeal to the 5 senses

• Editing

• the main character

Which paragraph gives background on your topic and contains your thesis statement?

• Conclusion 
• Introduction
• Supporting Details 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

When typing an essay each paragraph starts with what?

• A capital letter

• An indent

• A topic sentence

• All the above

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things using as and/or as

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• Words that sound like their meaning

• A comparison between two things not using like or as

Phrase:
His heart was a block of ice.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which is true about sensory details?

• The purpose is to make writing more detailed and interesting

• They describe at least one of the 5 senses

• Both are true

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

These are examples of which sense?
loud, crunch, bark, slam, boom

• touch
• sound
• smell
• taste

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

_________________ means the time and place in which the events happen in a story.

• Chronological order
• Setting
• Dialogue
• Transition words

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the best way to rewrite these sentences? Sarah was great at math. Sarah was not very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math but she was not. Very good at writing. 
• Sarah was great at math. But not good at writing. 
• Sarah was great at math, but she was not very good at writing. 
• Sarah was great at math but she was not very good at writing. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following is a good Lead/Hook

• This is my report about school hours.

• Have you ever wondered if students would do better if they got more sleep?

• One day I woke up and I was tired and school was hard.