Writing Prompt

For a narrative prompt, what is your attack?

• Plot triangle. 

• GYRPO. 

• I am a genius and don't need to plan. 

• GYRPO plus argument terms. 

Why is it important to deconstruct or "attack" a writing prompt?

• So that you will know the purpose

• So that you will know the audience

• So that you will know the format

• So that you will answer the question that is asked

• So that you can make up a question to answer

What is the PURPOSE of a writing prompt?

• The task you are to complete or write about

• The type of crowd you are to write

• The approach you should take when writing

Read the Prompt:

We all have activities that we enjoy.

Think of one particular activity that you enjoy. Now identify that one activity and explain why you enjoy that particular activity.

What will you have to write about?

• One activity that we enjoy doing and the reasons why we enjoy it.

• The difference between activities you enjoy versus the ones you do not enjoy

• Activities that your friends and family enjoy doing

What does it take to be a good parent? In your essay, describe the characteristics of a good parent. Give specific details to explain your views. Use your personal observations, experience, and knowledge. What will you have to include in your essay.

• The differences between a good parent and a bad parent

• An account of specific details of the characteristics of a bad parent

• An account of specific details of the characteristics of a good parent

• An account of specific details of the characteristics of a bad spouse

An essay in which you attempt to in which you attempt to get the reader to agree with your point of view

• Informative

• Explanatory

• Persuasive

• Cause/Effect

To give a shortened account, including the main points and highlights and leaving out unnecessary details

• Describe

• Summarize

• Relate

• Identify

An essay that's written with the main purpose of informing the audience about an object, person, event, or phenomenon

• Agree/Disagree

• Cause/Effect

• Persuasive

• Informative

What type of prompt is written below?

Write an essay in which you give your opinion. Are grasshoppers more harmful or helpful?

• Informative

• Opinion

• Narrative

What is the topic of the writing prompt below? Write an essay in which you explain to your class the benefits of drinking water. What are the effects of drinking water on the human body? Use information from the passages in your essay.

• benefits

• effects

• human body

• drinking water