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Published on Jan 13, 2016

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REFERENCE TO AN OCCASION, EVENT, OR TIME

  • Occasion: special ones, think holidays and birthdays
  • Event: sporting events, concerts, ex....
  • Time: "remember the time...." Personal or historical
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SUMMARIZING MAIN POINTS

  • Essentially facts
  • Major points
  • Don't be redundant
  • Paragraph: topic or clincher sentence
  • 5 Paragraph Essay: thesis statement
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USING SUSPENSE

  • Give hints and clues
  • Answer throughout
  • Tease audience
  • Cliff hanger
  • Be sure to give all info by the end
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MOTTOS AND MANTRAS

  • Mottos and Mantras are words to live by
  • Adages: wise saying; proverbs
  • Mottos and Mantras are good to have; they keep us focused
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ISSUING A CHALLENGE OR CALL TO ACTION

  • If you want someone to do something, ask
  • Challenge people
  • Call them to action
  • Be clear and specific about your request
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THANK YOU STATEMENT

  • People like to be thanked
  • People like to feel appreciated
  • Thank people
  • Thank you statements work well in speech conclusions
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VISUAL AIDS (V.A.s)

  • Eye catchers focus the audience
  • V.A.s enliven, enhance, emphasize
  • Make V.A.s big and bold, so people can see.
  • Don't pass V.A.s around
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USING STORES

  • Everyone loves a good story, so tell one!
  • Some long and detailed
  • Some short and sweet
  • Anecdotes are tid bits or Side notes
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USING QUOTATIONS

  • Quote the words of others word for word, and use quotation marks
  • He/she said, "______"
  • Quote experts, friends, family, characters, etc
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APPEAL TO THE SELF-INTEREST OF THE AUDIENCE

  • Talk directly to people in the audience
  • "You...."
  • Things that motivate: competition, love, fun, learning, choice, freedom
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TRANSITIONS

  • Transitions make language FLOW
  • Transitions appear EVERYWHERE
  • Transitions- words,phrases,even whole sentences
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FACTS AND STATS

  • Facts- validate what you say or write
  • Cite sources for even more credit (validation)
  • Stats- statistics
  • Give your audience the numbers
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CODE SWITCHING

  • Change the way you speak or write depending on where you are and who you are with
  • Consider audience and purpose
  • Formal vs. informal
  • Professional vs. personal
  • School vs. home
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

  • Get familiar with the subject or topic
  • Aquire knowledge
  • What's the history?
  • The scoop?
  • The 411?
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APPEAL TO EMOTION

  • Connect on an emotional level..... FEELINGS.
  • "In ELA8, we practice sympathy and embrace empathy."
  • Mad,Sad,Glad,Bad,Rad,Happy,Fabulous
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ABSTRACT

  • The art of summary
  • Summarize a pice of written work, usually a book or article, in a Paragraph
  • Synonyms: summary,synopsis,précis, résumé,outline,abridgment,digest,summation,wrap-up
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TEXT CITATION

  • Copy the text word for word, surround it with "quotation marks," and put the page number in (parenthesis)
  • Cite books, short story's, poems, articles, songs, ect...
  • Explain the text quotes
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VOICE

  • Person behind the work/writing
  • Writers personality and perspective
  • Authentic, original, dynamic
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BRAINSTORMING

  • Generating ideas
  • Finding ideas
  • Ways to brainstorm: list,bubble,maps,graphic, organizers,drawing,talking,ect.
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PARAPHRASE

  • In writing: use your own words, but still site the text (book,poem,short story) use a PAGE NUMBER.
  • With people: be sure to get it right! DON'T put words into other people's mouth.
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SYNTAX AND DICTION

  • Syntax- sentence structure; the way a sentence is formed or put together.
  • Diction- word choice
  • Choose carefully
  • Choose wisely
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RHYME AND RHYTHM

  • Use sounds of syllables to creat patterns.
  • Alliteration- repeat1st letter
  • Assonance- repeat vowels
  • Consonance- repeat consonants
  • Rhyme- repeat end syllable
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FIGURATIVE LANGAGE

  • Simile- compare two different things using like or as
  • Metaphor- compare with or with out using like or as
  • Personification- give human qualities or characteristics to things or non-humans
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ALLUSION

  • Refer to another work or,person in your writing to add meaning
  • Ex.) pop culture (TV, music, social media), historical person or event, novel, short story, poem, religious work, ect......
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IMAGERY

  • Paint a picture with words; word pictures
  • Describe with sensory details
  • Five senses: sight,sound,smell,taste,touch
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LITERARY ELEMENTS

  • Key words to use when reading and analyzing literature/ literary works.
  • Plot, character, setting, theme, point of view
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