Do Now: Set up Cornell Notes on the notebook paper provided. You will be able to use the notes today to help you with your study guide and study for the test! Quick Write - How do you think you did on the writing CFA? What was the writing prompt? Did you memorize your graphic organizer? Did it help? GET OUT YOUR ESSAY & GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

Common writing facts  DICTION communicates the author’s tone.  Words help us find the speaker’s attitude.

Common Writing Facts  Imagery creates the mood of a text.  The pictures, sounds, smells, and textures that the writer creates with words make the audience feel a certain way.  Mood is often created by the setting.

Common Writing Facts  Figurative language emphasizes the theme or message.  Metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and alliteration are all common in good pieces of writing. Their common idea supports the theme or message.

Common Writing Facts  Syntax supports the tone and the mood of a text.  Punctuation emphasizes big ideas and feelings that the speaker wants the audience to pay attention to.  Ellipses … there is more information to be had, slows down the text, big spaces of thought  (Parentheses) a side note or bit of information only for the audience to know  Italics makes a word or phrase stand out for a specific reason  “Dialogue” to tell you what a character is thinking in their heads when writing is in 3 rd person, OR indicate sarcasm, OR report what was said  CAPITAL LETTERS to make an idea important, indicate yelling

How to make a TEXT Connection on a test or in ACCE:  Text Inference – The writer didn’t straight out say it, but you know it because of the clues the writer sprinkled in the text.  Thematic Statement/Message - What is it that the writer is trying to tell you by writing this text.  Big Idea/General Concept – This takes the big ideas from DIFLS and the Rhetorical Triangle and applies them to the question. The previous slides all provide big ideas and general concepts.

“Fog” by Carl Sandburg San Francisco, California Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco is known for its fogs that come in quickly.

“I’m Nobody! Who Are You?” by Emily Dickinson Many people try to have a private life Celebrities struggle with this Michael Jackson tried to keep his children and his failed nose job hidden from the public eye.

“Is the Moon Tired?” By Christina Rossetti The moon is often personified in poetry as being human and having feelings. In Ancient Greek and Roman religion, there was a moon goddess called Diana or Artemis. What kinds of feelings do you think the moon would have? What are other words for the moon?

“Message from a Caterpillar” by Lillian Moore Metamorphosis – when a caterpillar undergoes a change to become a butterfly People undergo changes too. Sometimes people are compared to butterflies. Why?