English Strategies

What is a writing strategy?

• a central idea

• the structure of a essay

• a literary element

• a literary element, literary technique, or rhetorical device

When coming across a word you do not know, which tool should you use to look up the word?

Point and click on the tool using the image.

English teachers suggest you should ____ using an MPO before writing the essay.

When writing your essay, it is important to include ________ from the text to support your claim.

What is the order of writing an introduction?

• General Statement

• Thesis Statement

• Specific Statement

What is the order of writing a body paragraph?

• Topic Sentence

• Supporting Details

• Closing Sentence

What is the order of writing a conclusion?

• New General Statement

• New Specific Statement

• Restated Thesis Statement

True or False: It's a good strategy to skip difficult questions and return to them later.

• True

• False

What does it mean to "chunk a text"?

• throw the test away

• draw pictures on the test

• highlight everything

• break it into smaller pieces

How do you prove the answer choice you chose is the correct one?

• Find text evidence

• I just know

• Use enie menie minie mo

• Who cares