EYE CATCHER FOCUS AUDIENCE

SPECIAL ONES, FESTIVALS, AND TIME

MAJOR POINTS

EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD STORY, SOME LONG AND DETAILED

GENERATING IDEAS

GET AUDIENCE THINKING, ENGAGE PEOPLE

CONNECT ON AN EMOTIONAL LEVEL

WRITER'S PERSONALITY AND PERSPECTIVE

QUOTE THE WORDS OF OTHERS WORD FOR WORD

MOTTOS AND MANTRAS ARE GOOD TO HAVE; THEY KEEP US FOCUSED

FACTS: VALIDATE WHAT YOU SAY OR WRITE, STATS: STATISTICS

WORDS, PHRASES, EVEN WHOLE SENTENCES

SYMPATHY- FEEL SORRY, EMPATHY- TO FEEL SOMEONE ELSE'S PAIN PERSONALLY

ANYTHING IT BRINGS TO MIND

KEY WORDS TO USE WHEN READING AND ANALYZING LITERATURE/ LITERATURE WORKS

POETRY IS A UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL FORM OF EXPRESSION

SIMILE: COMPARE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS USING "LIKE" OR "AS" METAPHOR: COMPARE WITHOUT USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

A POEM WRITTEN IN THE SHAPE OF SOMETHING

PAINT A PICTURE WITH WORDS; WORD PICTURES

RYME: REPEAT END SYLLABLE

USE SOUNDS OF SYLLABLES TO CREATE PATTERNS

REPEAT WORDS OR PHRASES FOR EMPHASIS.

CHANGE THE WAY YOU ACT, SPEAK, OR WRITE DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE AND WHO YOU ARE WITH

GET FAMILIAR WITH THE SUBJECT OR TOPIC

IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING, ASK!

PEOPLE LIKE TO THANKED. PEOPLE LIKE TO FEEL APPRECIATED

THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHICH AN AUTHOR WRITES 1ST PERSON- I/ WE 2ND PERSON- YOU 3RD PERSON HE/SHE/THEY