Dissecting the Prompt Grade 10 Copyright © 2015 Write Score LLC

o Conduct a close reading of the prompt o Ask and answer a series of questions o Determine what is required o Generate ideas and strategies

o Topic or main claim o Role as the writer or speaker o Audience o Purpose o Strategies

Topic or Main Claim o Do I have choices? o Does it require more focus? o Does it require additional research? o What arguments can I make? o What do I need to know about the topic?

Role as the writer or speaker o Do I have a specific role? o Is my role fictitious? o Is my role authentic? o Does my role affect my style?

Audience o Is the audience named specifically? o What do I know about this audience? o What are the audience’s expectations?

Purpose o What should this writing accomplish? o How does the purpose suit itself to a specific genre or style?

Strategies o Which strategy or strategies would work best for this genre or purpose? o Compare/contrast o Cause/effect o Classification o Examples o Definitions o Statistics

Write an informational essay about the relationship between clothing styles and developments in clothing creation. Your essay must be based on ideas, concepts, and information from the “Clothing Over Time” passage set. Manage your time carefully so that you can read the passages; plan your response; write your response; and revise and edit your response. Be sure to use evidence from multiple sources; and avoid overly relying on one source.

o Refer to the annotations you have made during the close reading of the sample argument task. o Then complete the graphic organizer “Set T.R.A.P.S. to dissect a writing prompt” to further analyze the prompt and plan your writing.