Exploring Complete Sentences and Text Structures

The video begins with a motivational pep talk emphasizing consistency for success. It then explains the author's purpose in writing, focusing on persuading, informing, and entertaining. The video continues with a grammar lesson on sentence structure, highlighting subjects and predicates. Finally, it explores different text structures, including description, compare and contrast, sequence, problem-solution, and cause-effect.

What does consistency in work lead to, according to the quote by Dwayne Johnson?

• Greatness

• Fame

• Success

• Wealth

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the primary goal of persuasive writing?

• To provide facts

• To narrate a story

• To entertain

• To convince the reader

Which type of writing aims to change the reader's actions or thoughts?

• Expository

• Persuasive

• Descriptive

• Narrative

Which of the following is NOT an example of informative writing?

• A cookbook recipe

• A political advertisement

• A science textbook

• A news report

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What does a biography typically focus on?

• Technical instructions

• Comparative analysis

• Life story of a person

• Future predictions

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which genre is typically intended to entertain?

• Biography

• Documentary

• Fantasy

• Non-fiction

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is the purpose of a joke within a text?

• To inform

• To instruct

• To persuade

• To entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What are the two main components of a complete sentence?

• Clause and phrase

• Noun and verb

• Subject and predicate

• Object and complement

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CCSS.RF.1.3

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does the predicate in a sentence describe?

• The action or state of the subject

• The background setting

• The introduction to the topic

• The conclusion of an idea

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which text structure involves solving a problem?

• Compare and contrast

• Sequence

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D