How To Answer A Discussion Question

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"How To Answer A Discussion Question"
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1. Restate part of the question or statement.
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2. Refer to the title and author of the
literature in which you are referring to in your
writing.
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• 1. Write a character analysis of the main
  character in the novel.
• EX. In John Steinbecks novel, The Pearl, the
  main character

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• 2. Discuss how the author describes small town
  American life in Our Town.
• EX. Thorton Wilders play, Our Town, depicts
  small town America in the early 1900s and
  displays

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• 3. Identify the story type of The Masque of the
  Red Death and explain how it fits in this
  category.
• EX. The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan
  Poe is an allegorical short story which

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• 4. Explain the theme of the The Road Not
  Taken.
• EX. The theme of Robert Frosts poem, The Road
  Not Taken, is about lifes

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3. Write in the present tense, using present
tense verbs and verbals.

• Think of literature being alive and ever-present.
  Every time you read Romeo and Juliet, they kill
  themselves.
• Every time you read The Adventures of Huckleberry
  Finn, they construct a raft and float down the
  river.

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Present Tense Past Tense
(You may use) (Dont
use!)

• is/are
• play/plays/playing
• has/have
• gallop
• write/writes/writing

• was/were
• played
• had
• galloped
• wrote/had written

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4. Write in the 3rd person.

• I, Me, My, Myself, Mine, Our, Ours, Ourselves,
  Us, We

• 1ST PERSON

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Write in the 3rd person.

• You, Your, Yours, Yourself

• 2ND PERSON

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Write in the 3rd person.

• He, Him, Himself, His, She, Her, Herself, Hers,
• They, Them, Themselves

• 3RD PERSON

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• Writing in the 3rd Person
• also means one can use
• the author's name, the
• characters names, and
• other words person, one,
• the boy, the author, a
• dog, etc)

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5. Write a concluding sentence a final
statement.

• This allows the reader/grader to know that your
  answer is completed.
• Ex. These five aspects show that Joseph really
  does care about the other boys, and he is willing
  to put his pride aside.

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6. Avoid Run-ons and Fragments.

• RUN-ON - Elijah celebrates the harvest and his
  family survives the winter.
• SENTENCE - Elijah celebrates the harvest, and his
  family survives the winter.
• FRAGMENT With winter soon approaching.

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7. Answer the question. (Address the topic for
discussion stay on the subject.)

• This is called the content of the answer.
• Correctly address what is being asked.

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• Do not ramble.
• Hint Make a brief outline or list of your key
  points of discussion. This will help organize
  your answer in a logical way.

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8. Spelling must be accurate.

• If you dont know how to spell it
• a. look it up.
• b. choose another word that you do know.
• c. use Spell Check.

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REVIEW
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• 2. Restate part of the question or statement.
• 2. Refer to the title and author of the
  literature in which you are referring to in your
  writing.

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• 3. Write in the present tense, using present
  tense verbs and verbals.
• 4. Write in the 3rd person.
• 5. Write a concluding sentence a final
  statement.

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• 6. Avoid Run-ons and Fragments
• 7. Answer the question. (Address the topic for
  discussion stay on the subject.)
• 8. Spelling must be accurate.