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How To Be A

Better Writer!

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How To Be A Better 

Writer!Part One

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How do I usea GREAT

BEGINNING?• By Hooking

the Reader 

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Hook the Reader 

by…• Using a riddle

• Asking a question• Using dialogue

• Using a famous

quote

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Hook the

Reader by… • Going fromgeneral to

specific• Using attributes• Utilizing

onomatopoeia• Writing in CAPS

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Hook the Reader by… • Starting with adefinition

• Talking to your 

reader • Using alliteration

• Using an

Exclamation• Showing the

setting

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Using a riddleexample

What is slimy, gooey

and sits betweentwo flat white

squares?

What is immovableand cannot be

persuaded?

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Using a

question as anexample.

Do you know how tomake a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

Which is smarter, a

dolphin or an octopus?

Why do you thinkOrlando is better in the

winter?

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Using dialogue

as an example.

“If you make another 

ooey gooey mess I’llpull all my hair out!”

The tourist bureau says,

“Orlando is chosen asthe best vacation spot

in all of America.”

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Using a famousquote.“To be or not to be,

that is thequestion!”

“Do not fire until yousee the whites of 

their eyes!”

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Beginning by

going from thegeneral to the

specific. There are many great placesto visit in Florida but I

believe the best is KeyWest!

Of all the fishes in the sea, the

smartest is the BottlenoseDolphin.

Sandwiches are good but theabsolute best is a Peanut

Butter and Jelly sandwich!

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Using attributes

to start anessay.

Fresh bread, creamy peanut

butter and grape jelly allcome together to make anexplosion of flavor in your mouth.

Huge drops, high speed turnsand icy-cold water allcome together for the mostthrilling ride you’ll ever experience.

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Using

Onomatopoeiato start an

essay.Thwrip is the sound of 

peanut butter goingdown.

Bam! The fire-cracker 

went off!

Mmmmmm! Is what Isaywhen I bite into a PB

& J!

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Starting an

essay by using

all CAPS. HEAR YE, HEAR YE

READ ALL ABOUTTHE BEST PLACEIN THE WHOLEWORLD!

LISTEN, I’m going totell you how to get to

my house!

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Begin by usinga definition.

AWESOME is defined

as remarkable andoutstanding.

DIRECTION is definedas management;

control; guidance;

supervision.

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Start an Essayby “Talking to

Your Reader.” Consider for a moment

the awesome power of 

hurricanes.

People who vote are

better citizens.

Education is not only a

right but a privilege.

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Use Alliteration

to begin an

essay.The rollicking, reeling

roller coaster ripped

around the track

ridiculously fast.

Fantastic Florida is a fine

place to vacation.

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Use an

exclamation tobegin.

Yum! Smack! They are

the sound I makewhen I eat a PB & J!

Oooh! Aaah! Thesights you see in

Florida are inspiring!

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Set the scene

to start anessay. The angry brown fox

stalked his prey with a

cunning that is onlyborn in the wild.

Of all the other familymembers I must livewith I am the absolutemost talented andloving.