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How To Be A
Better Writer!
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How To Be A Better
Writer!Part One
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How do I usea GREAT
BEGINNING?• By Hooking
the Reader
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Hook the Reader
by…• Using a riddle
• Asking a question• Using dialogue
• Using a famous
quote
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Hook the
Reader by… • Going fromgeneral to
specific• Using attributes• Utilizing
onomatopoeia• Writing in CAPS
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Hook the Reader by… • Starting with adefinition
• Talking to your
reader • Using alliteration
• Using an
Exclamation• Showing the
setting
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Using a riddleexample
What is slimy, gooey
and sits betweentwo flat white
squares?
What is immovableand cannot be
persuaded?
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Using a
question as anexample.
Do you know how tomake a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
Which is smarter, a
dolphin or an octopus?
Why do you thinkOrlando is better in the
winter?
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Using dialogue
as an example.
“If you make another
ooey gooey mess I’llpull all my hair out!”
The tourist bureau says,
“Orlando is chosen asthe best vacation spot
in all of America.”
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Using a famousquote.“To be or not to be,
that is thequestion!”
“Do not fire until yousee the whites of
their eyes!”
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Beginning by
going from thegeneral to the
specific. There are many great placesto visit in Florida but I
believe the best is KeyWest!
Of all the fishes in the sea, the
smartest is the BottlenoseDolphin.
Sandwiches are good but theabsolute best is a Peanut
Butter and Jelly sandwich!
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Using attributes
to start anessay.
Fresh bread, creamy peanut
butter and grape jelly allcome together to make anexplosion of flavor in your mouth.
Huge drops, high speed turnsand icy-cold water allcome together for the mostthrilling ride you’ll ever experience.
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Using
Onomatopoeiato start an
essay.Thwrip is the sound of
peanut butter goingdown.
Bam! The fire-cracker
went off!
Mmmmmm! Is what Isaywhen I bite into a PB
& J!
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Starting an
essay by using
all CAPS. HEAR YE, HEAR YE
READ ALL ABOUTTHE BEST PLACEIN THE WHOLEWORLD!
LISTEN, I’m going totell you how to get to
my house!
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Begin by usinga definition.
AWESOME is defined
as remarkable andoutstanding.
DIRECTION is definedas management;
control; guidance;
supervision.
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Start an Essayby “Talking to
Your Reader.” Consider for a moment
the awesome power of
hurricanes.
People who vote are
better citizens.
Education is not only a
right but a privilege.
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Use Alliteration
to begin an
essay.The rollicking, reeling
roller coaster ripped
around the track
ridiculously fast.
Fantastic Florida is a fine
place to vacation.
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Use an
exclamation tobegin.
Yum! Smack! They are
the sound I makewhen I eat a PB & J!
Oooh! Aaah! Thesights you see in
Florida are inspiring!
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Set the scene
to start anessay. The angry brown fox
stalked his prey with a
cunning that is onlyborn in the wild.
Of all the other familymembers I must livewith I am the absolutemost talented andloving.