Foods that battle heart disease.
Healthy dessert recipes.
Cooking with dark chocolate.
Benefits of dark chocolate.
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Genre
Purpose
Structure
Description
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Tells a story.
Explains an idea.
Describes a process.
Makes an argument.
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Primary sources
Secondary sources
Tertiary sources
Quaternary sources
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Technology is having a negative impact on our youth.
Technology will become eventually become obsolete.
Technology will change for the better in the near future.
Technology provides our youth with endless possibilities.
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Working mothers have it hard.
More mothers have entered the work force.
Fathers today are more willing to pitch in at home.
Working mothers cannot survive without the help of fathers.
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Citations.
Research.
Revisions.
Mind maps.
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To decide
To inform
To persuade
To entertain
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First
Then
Next
Beginning
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The information is presented in an organized way
The information comes from a government agency
The information is colorful and engaging
The information has the word “FACTS” written at the top
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Interview one chef from a local restaurant about safe food handling.
Contact the agencies whose phone numbers are listed at the bottom of the page.
Check a tertiary source like Wikipedia to verify the information.
Compare the info graphic’s information about safe food handling to a cook’s blog.
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It is about average for babies her age.
It is between the 95th and 97th percentile for babies her age.
It is above the 97th percentile for babies her age.
It is incorrect; babies her age cannot be longer than about 62.75 centimeters.
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Show the reader how ideas are organized
Illustrate ideas that cannot clearly be stated in words
Provide source information and peripheral information
Provide nutrition facts about the contents of a package
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An eloquent summary
An angry conversation
A persuasive point in a text
An object or direct object phrase
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Faith regrets that she ever became a mother and wishes she could give her baby up for adoption.
Faith dislikes cleaning up drool and changing diapers, and she thinks the old lady is a liar or a fool.
Faith feels frustrated when people bother her with nostalgic reminiscences about caring for small children.
Faith is an unpleasant person with no empathy for lonely old ladies who desperately need to talk to someone.
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The media’s ideal of beauty cannot be achieved.
Fashion models are often victims of eating disorders.
More women need to get involved in business and politics
Television commercials about breast augmentation should be banned.
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Delete the phrase body types.
Replace aren’t with are not.
Change women to human beings.
Eliminate the reference to models.
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Setting.
Word choice.
Their feelings.
Connecting words.
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Suggests that working mothers choose to have such hectic lives.
Uses derogatory and disrespectful language to describe fathers.
Describes working mothers in a negative way that makes it seem as though they only look out for themselves.
Professes an interest in all that working mothers do while simultaneously suggesting that fathers don’t do enough.
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Opinion article
Scientific study
Parenting guide
Health textbook
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Logic
Statistics
Scare tactics
Firsthand accounts
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A word or phrase that links ideas.
The reader’s emotional response.
A structural pattern in a series of words.
The author’s attitude toward the subject.
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Fixing mechanical errors.
Making a plan for writing.
Getting the first draft down.
Improving content and structure.
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Moral
Theme
Category
Narrative
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Last week I saw a television commercial that left me outraged.
Last week I saw a television commercial that should be banned.
Last week I saw a commercial that was not aiming to sell anything.
Last week I saw a poorly acted and directed television commercial.
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It is not accurate; the author of the paragraph is stating facts, not opinions.
It is not objective; the person summarizing the main idea is biased since he/she is in the medical field.
It is not accurate; the author of the paragraph does warn the reader to eat dark chocolate in moderation.
It is not objective; the person summarizing the main idea is obviously not a fan of dark chocolate.
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Tone
Irony
Mood
Theme
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Fathers have jobs just like mothers do.
A lot of mothers today have full-time jobs.
Today’s fathers are more involved at home.
Mothers cook, clean, and care for the children.
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List all ideas that come to mind without worrying whether they’re good or on-topic.
Don’t worry about noting where you got your information; save that step for the end.
Stop writing frequently to look up grammar rules and words you don’t know how to spell.
Get the ideas down on paper, even if some sentences sound awkward or contain errors.
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To decide
To inform
To persuade
To entertain
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Its publisher is government funded.
Any of its sources are primary sources.
Any of its sources are secondary sources.
Its publisher is profiting from the information.
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Descriptions of expensive beauty products available at the local drug store
Quotations from women admitting they sacrifice sleep to spend time on make-up
Statistics about the amount of money women spend on clothes and beauty items
Examples of women who minimize their beauty routines to maximize efficiency at work
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Contradict each other.
Make the same basic point.
Advocate for plastic surgery.
Stereotype the fashion industry.
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Every teacher feels technology is getting in the way of classroom learning.
A recent screen time study shows that technology use has risen since it is available in so many forms.
Everyone feels young people have no hope since they are too dependent on technology.
All young people know they are more technologically savvy than their parents will ever be.
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An overgeneralization
A statement of opinion
A documented statistic
A verifiable piece of information
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Desserts are known as the “forbidden food” in most diets.
But dark chocolate is a sweet that people can enjoy because of its undeniable health benefits.
This amazing sweet treat is also known to lower blood pressure, improve blood flow, and reduce heart disease risk in people.
People can reap the benefits of dark chocolate by eating it in moderation.
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Trust
Publish
Analyze
Decipher
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It does not directly support the main idea that dark chocolate is good for your health.
Readers might feel the author is passing judgment on how much chocolate Americans consume.
Statistics should never be used as supporting details in persuasive writing.
It would act as a second topic sentence and confuse readers about the main idea.
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“had set up”
“first went”
“beginning to get”
“in the late morning”
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Moreover
Therefore
Personally
Inconsequentially
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To inform
To caution
To persuade
To entertain
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The poet is using apostrophe when she addresses the sea directly as she would a person.
The repetition of p sounds in this phrase is an example of a poetic technique called alliteration.
H.D. does not call the waves by their real name because she wants the reader to think she is describing a forest.
By comparing waves to trees, H.D. blurs the distinction between the wild ocean and the solid shore.
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Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
None of the above
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A linear arrangement of ideas
An associative arrangement of ideas
The step before editing in the writing process
The step after prewriting in the writing process
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Simple.
Precise.
Positive.
Inclusive.
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The thesis has nothing to do with television.
The thesis contains spelling and grammar errors.
The body paragraphs do not clearly defend the thesis.
The thesis directly contradicts the conclusion paragraph.
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Cynthia met Max at a state park in the late morning
Max set up the picnic for him and Cynthia
Cynthia and Max walked past a lake
Cynthia and Max stopped to drink water on a rock
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Stated a reason for choosing H.D.’s poetry as a topic.
Identified the source of the quotation in the second sentence.
Explained the connection between the point and the evidence.
Defined the word “metaphor” to prove an understanding of the term.
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