HOW to be a writing wizard

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HOW to be a writing wizard
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• BRAINSTORM FIRST!

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WHEN YOU BRAINSTORM, ITS TIME TO
THINK, THINK,
THINK!

• ITS TIME TO GET YOUR BRIGHT IDEAS ON PAPER!
• You dont have to write in complete sentences.
• You dont have to use your best handwriting.

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WRITE A ROUGH DRAFT!Remember to SKIP LINES !
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A PARAGRAPH IS LIKE A HAMBURGER

• BEGINNING
• MIDDLE
• ENDING

MAKE IT JUICY!
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HOOK YOUR READER!

• Youve gotta hook em
• before you can cook em!

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WRITE A DETAIL

• THEN
• ADD
• ANOTHER
• DETAIL !

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START STRONG!
Wipe out wimpy words like the and looked like.

• Shimmering
• stars sparkled
• like colossal
• diamonds in
• the sky.

• The shimmering stars looked like colossal
  diamonds in the sky.

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ARE YOUR WORDS . . .
LIGHTNING BUGS
OR
L I G H T N I N G B O L T S ?
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LIGHTNING BOLT WORDSADDPOWER

• BIG bolts of lightning went through the night
  sky.
• COLOSSAL bolts of lightning streaked through the
  night sky.

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NTSBWTSW

• NO
• TWO
• SENTENCES
• BEGIN
• WITH
• THE
• SAME
• WORD

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BEWARE of BONY SENTENCES

• My team won the game.

TO IMPROVE YOUR SENTENCE JUST ADD WHEN, WHERE,
WHO, WHY, OR HOW.
Last Saturday, my soccer team won the game by
scoring six goals!
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JOIN SENTENCES TOGETHER!

• I go to sleep.
• I dream about my family.

I go to sleep and dream about my family.
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Mix em up!

• Use
• SHORT SENTENCES
• L O N G S E N T E N C E S.

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USE DESCRIBINGWORDS TO PAINT A PICTURE FOR
YOUR READER.
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DAZZLE YOUR READERS!Use

• ADJECTIVES
• SIMILES
• METAPHORS
• FIGURES OF SPEECH
• ALLITERATION
• REPETITION
• ONOMATOPOEIA

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EDIT YOUR WRITING.

• BE SURE TO USE C.O.P.S !
• CAPITALS
• OKDoes it sound OK?
• PUNCTUATION
• SPELLING

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CAUTION! DO NOT ENTER!

• Do not Say hi.
• Do not Say my name is
• Do not Say thats all.
• Do not Say good-bye.
• Do not Say thats my story.
• Do NOT SAY THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

NO LISTING!
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SHARE YOUR WORK WITH A FRIEND!
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THE END