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High School
High School Writing Practice
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Vocabulary Terms
285
Performance Tasks
227
Instructional Videos
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Test Standards
Punctuation and Mechanics
(VII.1) Commas
(VII.2) semicolons
(VII.3) colons
(VII.4) Ellipses
(VII.5) Parentheses
(VII.6) hyphens
(VII.7) apostrophes
(VII.8) Quotation marks
(VII.9) brackets
(VII.10) Capitalization
(VII.11) Proofreading marks
(VII.12) Standard American spelling
Writing Process
(I.1) Prewriting Techniques
(I.2) Format
Thesis Statements
(II.1) Clear thesis statements
(II.2) Use supporting evidence
(II.3) distinguish relevant info
Audience and Purpose
(III.1) Articulate writing
(III.2) Intended audience
(III.3) Appropriate tone
Writing Organization
(IV.1) Write introductions
(IV.2) Effective transitions
(IV.3) Effective topic sentences
(IV.4) Paragraphing
(IV.5) Conclusions
(IV.11) Spatial organizational structure
(IV.12) Chronological organizational
(IV.13) Order of importance
(IV.14) Compare & contrast
(IV.15) Cause & effect
(IV.16) Problem-solution
(IV.17) Classification
(IV.18) Division
Stylistic Techniques
(V.1) Word choice
(V.2) Formal or informal language
(V.3) Precise & concise language
(V.4) Vivid, descriptive language
(V.5) Similes & metaphors
(V.6) Figurative language
(V.7) Write sentences
(V.8) Sentence types
(V.9) Write sentences
Grammar and Usage
(VI.1) Subject-Verb Agreement
(VI.2) Pronoun-Antecedent
(VI.3) Noun-Modifier
(VI.4) Verb Tense Shifts
(VI.5) Irregular Verb Forms
(VI.6) Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
(VI.7) Idioms
(VI.8) Active voice
(IV.9) Singular, Plural, & Collective Nouns
(VI.10) Dangling Participles
(VI.11) Misplaced Modifiers
(VI.12) Parallel Structure
(VI.13) Commonly Confused Words
(VI.14) Proofreading marks
(VI.15) Standard American spelling
Composition Variety
(VIII.1) Info texts
(VIII.2) Narrative texts
(VIII.3) Descriptive texts
(VIII.4) Persuasive texts
(VIII.5) Technical texts
(VIII.6) Expository texts
(VIII.7) Creative texts
(VIII.8) Responses to literature
(VIII.9) Timed-writing assignments
Argumentation
(IX.1) tropes
(IX.2) schemes
(IX.3) logos
(IX.4) Ethos
(IX.5) pathos
(IX.6) analogies
(IX.7) Claims
(IX.8) Counter-claims
(IX.9) Logical fallacies
(IX.10) Fact & opinion
(IX.11) Bias & accuracy
Research Skills
(X.1) Reliability of sources
(X.2) Summarizing
(X.3) paraphrasing
(X.4) Integrating quotations
(X.5) Bibliography
(X.6) Primary & secondary sources
(X.7) MLA
(X.8) Plagiarism
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