Persuasive Writing

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Speculative Writing
Created by Christina Francisco
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Writing Task
Every picture tells a story, but the stories we
see may be different. Look closely at the
picture. What story is it telling? Use your
imagination and experience to speculate what the
story is about or to describe what is happening.
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Vocabulary

• Speculate means to ponder about
• to reflect on
• to theorize about
• All of these actions involve using your
  imagination. You are being asked to guess what
  is taking place in the scene. There is no
  right or wrong answer, but you will be scored
  on how well you explain your speculation.

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Elements of a Story

• Setting The place where the story happens, it
  also includes the time.
• Characters - The person(s) in the story
• Plot The series of events that take place
• Resolution The part of the story that answers
  any remaining questions a reader might have, ties
  up loose ends, and gives the story a rounded-out,
  finished feeling.
• Theme The storys message, meaning, or main
  idea.
• Point of View 1st or 3rd Person

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Speculative Writing Dos

• Create an interesting introduction and thoughtful
  closing.
• Develop ideas with elaboration in your body
  paragraphs.
• Use your imagination
• Stay focused
• Attempt to use compositional risks, such as
  dialogue, humor, simile, metaphor, and higher
  level vocabulary.
• Edit/Revise

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Picture Prompt Don'ts

• Dont just try to describe what you literally see
  in the picture.
• Avoid using the words, I see a ...
• Dont forget to include the picture or prompt
  somewhere in the story.

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Types of Picture Prompts
Story Include story elements
dialogue Diary/Journal Entry Similar to a
monologue (written in the first person)
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I just cant think of a story about this picture?
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Pretend the picture is

• In a family photo album
• Found in a magazine, newspaper or book
• A painting in your home, school or museum
• A scene in a dream

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A sure way to include flashback (compositional
risk) in your story!!!!!!
Pretend that you are looking through your family
photo album and you come across this picture. Go
back and tell a story of when the picture was
taken and then end the story by closing the photo
album. This is an example of a successful
flashback.
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