1. Common Assessment 2

2. What is imagery?

3. What is imagery?
Pictures created with words

4. What are two synonyms for main idea?

5. What are two synonyms for main idea?
Central Idea
Key Idea

6. What is the format for a thesis statement?

7. What is the format for a thesis statement?
Transition + Topic + Reason 1 + Reason 2

8. Write a thesis statement for the following essay:
Pretend you have read multiple pieces of nonfiction about animals.
Essay topic: What can be done to help protect the animals?

9. Write a thesis statement for the following essay:
Therefore, in order to help save the animals, society needs to be more educated about endangered species, and the government needs to create more laws to protect animals.

10. What is the definition of main idea?

11. What is the definition of main idea?
What the article is mostly about… It is the point of the piece of writing.

12. How is main idea/ central idea different from supporting details?

13. How is main idea/ central idea different from supporting details?
The supporting details help to construct the main idea and the central idea. They are smaller points within the main idea.

14. What is the author’s point of view/ perspective?

15. What is the author’s point of view?
Point of view is someone’s perspective.
The author’s point of view is how the author sees the world.
Perspective is how someone sees the world.

16. What is a claim? Example: The author makes the claim that…

17. What is a claim? Example: The author makes the claim that…
A claim is something someone attempts to prove or say.
Example: I claim that school is important.

18. What is the format for a body paragraph?

19. What is the format for a body paragraph?
1. Topic Sentence
2. Answer
3. Text Evidence 1
4. Analysis
5. Text Evidence 2
6. Analysis
7. Wrap-up sentence

20. Why/ how do we divide up our body paragraphs?

21. Why/ how do we divide up our body paragraphs?
Each body paragraph has a new main idea and focus.
Body 1 = reason 1/ Body 2 = reason 2

22. What is a cause? What is an effect?

23. What is a cause? What is an effect?
Cause: something that starts something else/ something that catalyzes something else Effect: The outcome of the cause/ A consequence of the cause

24. What is a fact

25. What is a fact
Something that can be proven true.

26. What is emotional language?

27. What is emotional language?
Language that appeals to the emotions.

28. What is the format for a conclusion paragraph?

29. What is the format for a conclusion paragraph?
Reworded thesis
Bridge
Creative Ending

30. What is the purpose of a bridge statement?

31. What is the purpose of a bridge statement?
To give the reader a peek at what is to come in the essay or to summarize a major point.

32. Write a creative hook for the following essay topic:
How can we help save the animals?

33. Write a creative hook for the following essay topic:
Answers will vary: