Descriptive Essay SPM 1119/1

What do you know about descriptive writing?

• to tell something

• to entertain reader

• to retell something

• to describe something

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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What tenses are mostly used in descriptive essay?

• Past tense

• Present tense

• Past Continuous

• Future tense

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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Adjective

• Go

• Learn

• Diligent

• Invite

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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Verb

• Handsome

• Sweetness

• Talkative

• Vary

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

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Below are adjectives EXCEPT

• absent-minded

• nibbling

• lofty

• unhappy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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Jason invites Vincent

Change the sentence above to passive voice

• Vincent was invited by Jason

• Vincent invites Jason

• He invites him

• He invited Vincent

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CCSS.RI.7.10

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Which is incorrect?

• Go - Went - Gone

• Put - Putted - Putting

• Invite - Invited - Invited

• Think - Thought - Thought

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The last sentence of the introductory paragraph of an essay is

• Supporting idea

• Thesis Statement

• Lead in sentence

• Examples

Words like "first, next, since, in conclusion" give order to your paragraph.

• Transition

• Elaboration

• Topic Sentence

• Concluding Sentence

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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What are specific signal words that let me know I am reading a descriptive text?

• tomorrow,today,yesterday

• based on the research, we can state that....

• short, anxious, slender, wooden narrow bridge

• for an example, for instance, in addition, specifically

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CCSS.RI.5.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5