Writing About Your Life: Plan and Draft: Homework

Part A — Key Words / 4

Type the word that fits each clue.

• 1.

  A true story about one event in your own life that mattered to you has what name?Answer

• 2.

  The planning you do before you write a draft is called what?Answer

• 3.

  A first, rough version that you will improve later is called what?Answer

• 4.

  The four-part plan for an incident is called what?Answer

Part B — Show What You Know / 5

Short answers. Think about why.

• 1.

  Which job comes first: prewriting, drafting or revising?Answer

• 2.

  Name one of the three questions that test an event.Answer

• 3.

  A plan has an opening, background and events. What is the fourth part?Answer

• 4.

  Why write a draft on every other line?Answer

• 5.

  While you draft, what should you not stop to do?Answer

Part C — Put It to Work / 5

A new draft, out of order. Sort it into the four parts.

• 1.

  A student's draft about a first jump into a lake, lines out of order. 1: I was seven, and I had never put my face in the water. 2: He pulled me up laughing, and I coughed all the way back to the cabin. 3: "Just jump!" my uncle shouted from the end of the dock. 4: I held my nose and jumped, and the lake closed over my head. 5: Now I know that being scared and doing it anyway is how you get brave.

  a. Which line is the opening that grabs attention?Answer

  b. Which line is the background?Answer

  c. Which line is the first event?Answer

  d. Which line says why it mattered?Answer

  e. Put all five lines in the right order. Type the five numbers.Answer

Part D — Think It Through / 2

Answer each one in one sentence. You mark these yourself against the key.

• 1.

  Write one sentence that could open an event of your own.Answer

• 2.

  Why can't the ending of an incident just be another event?Answer

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