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Writing and Communications Slide2
These are all examples of what part of a writing piece?
“‘Where’s Papa going with that axe?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
“Ba-room, ba-room, ba-room, baripity,
baripity, baripity, baripity—Good.”“The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.”“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.”Slide3
Lead
The first sentence in a writing piece, this is used to GRAB the reader’s attention.Slide4
Writers add this to show their personality and make their writing interesting. They may ask a question, use repetition, or add a personal statement.Slide5
VoiceSlide6
We do this to make our writing better. We many
a
dd, remove,
replace or r
earrange
information (ARRR)Slide7
ReviseSlide8
These phrases are all?
First of all
AdditionallyIn summarySlide9
Transition Phrases
Remember t=time, t=transitionSlide10
What is it called when we go back and fix mistakes such as capitalization, usage (grammar), punctuation and spelling (CUPS)?
CUPSSlide11
Editing
We do this at the end of our writing.Slide12
Where can you find a
synonym
?A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase. Small – Little Happy – Glad
Old – Prehistoric Mean – Unfriendly Rich – WealthySlide13
Thesaurus
In our class, we use
colo
rful words to make our writing better. We look on our Co
l
o
r
f
u
l
Words board. We can also look in a thesaurus.Slide14
What are the three major parts of a writing piece? What goes in each?Slide15
Introduction
– lead and topic sentenceBody
– details, evidence, transition wordsConclusion – restate the main idea, and add a bit of voiceSlide16
What are the steps of the writing process? Slide17
Brainstorm
Draft
ReviseEditSlide18
What is a
simile
?Slide19
Comparing two unlike objects using like or as
My hands are as cold as ice.
John is as slow as a snail.Her cheeks are red like a rose.He is as funny as a monkey.Slide20
What is a
metaphor
? Slide21
Comparing two unlike objects saying that one object is the other.
She is fishing in troubled waters.
The assignment was a breeze.My brother was boiling mad.Slide22
What is personification?Slide23
Giving an object human qualities.
The tree danced in the wind.
The flowers waltzed in the gentle breeze.The sun glared down at me from the sky.Slide24
What is onomatopoeia?Slide25
Sound effects
Whoosh
SplatBangSlide26
What is alliteration?Slide27
Words starting with the same beginning sound
B
ut a better butter makes a batter better.
Zany zebras zigzagged through the zoo.
S
quawking
s
eagulls
s
woop on
s
unbathers.
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What do we call having a combination of short, medium, and long sentences?Slide29
Sentence FluencySlide30
Quote the following sentence:
Students should drink plenty of water to help them learn.Slide31
“Students should drink plenty of water to help them learn,” stated the author.