Write a Response Paragraph: Basic Requirements
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Appearance
- Title
- First and last name
- In ink
- Double-spaced
- Neatly written
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Format
- Topic sentence
- 5 to 7 supporting sentences
- Concluding sentence that summarizes your main point
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Content
- Factual evidence from the story
- Connections to your own experiences
- Connections to other stories and books
- Connections to significant world events
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Style
- Alliteration
- Powerful words
- A mixture of long and short sentences
- Parallel structure
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Standard English
- Proper use of capital letters
- Correct spelling
- Correct use of commas, semicolons and periods
- Consistent use of tenses
- Correct grammar for simple, compound and complex sentences