Name: _______________________________________________ Slides

Per: ________

Notes For the luva all that’s good…PARAPHRASE, don’t write every word from the screen Initials TS

Means…

Wha…

CD

TLCD

9th Grade Writing Terms: Review Y’all

CM

CS

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What is the “KEY” to a good grade? _______________________________________________

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What seems most important to a successful CS? ____________________________________

Explain how a paragraph is different from a metaphorical butterfly collection: What do I Mean by “analYsis”?

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___________ Within _____________  What We Mean When We Talk about “analYsis” or “CritiCal thinking”

With each piece of _______________, you need to tell me the ______ or __________ of your example. o

Why is the author writing the plot/character this way?

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Why would this style/approach/attitude have worked or failed in the past or today?

o

Why is this point worth communicating at all?

How is the author getting his/her point across? o

How effectively is the author making his/her point known?

o

Why is either working or failing?

Slides

Notes

_____________________ is a Trap… o What We Mean When We Talk about “analYsis” or “CritiCal thinking”

Don’t tell the reader what the CD ______________or what ___________________… 

Don’t summarize ____________ or events of chapter 1-5, I’ve read it. If you say, “When Fingus finds the glowing paint…” I know what part of the story you are talking about. I’m much smarter than I look and act.

You don’t have to focus on _________________________________________________; make a _________________________________________ to what part of the story your are drawing your _______________________________________________ from, but that is enough.

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The idea is to get ______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ASAP and stay there for the duration –

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Hard(ish) to do with so few words

Your intro should be ____________________________________ long at most: –

Quickly introduce the topic/author

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___________________________________ should be your thesis, which includes these 3 things in _________________________________________: 1. ____________________________ 2. ____________________________

Form & Function of 1PP

3. _________________________________________________ •

Most of your essay should be ____________________________________________: –

Most of the body paragraphs should be _____________________________________

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THE MORE __________________________ THE MORE ________________________ …usually, if the analysis ___________________ and is ________________________ to the thesis/prompt

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Conclusion is a new game: –

Should be a good size (_________________________________ …______ sentences)

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Connects the ___________________________ you are discussing/analyzing back to _______________________________, outside of the text. 1. Why does pride matter today? 2. What drives people now?

Try to write down at least 10 HELPFUL notes/ideas from Mr. Maher’s Polar Bear story

POLAR BEAR NOTES