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<span style="color: #b37a19; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">Practice your Parts of Speech... <span style="color: #c07b16; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 256%;">media type="custom" key="4237899" <span style="color: #c07b16; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">[|QUIZ]

<span style="color: #c07b16; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 160%;">[|Spelling Practice] input these words...because, which, whenever, been, thousand, hundred, whose, their, neither, either

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<span style="color: #c2a356; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 170%;">Understand figurative language? Do some background investigation...

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">personification: []

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<span style="color: #c2a356; display: block; font-family: 'lucida console',monaco,monospace; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">Criteria for your Persuasive Essay:


 * ===Persuasive Essay : General Scoring=== ||


 * CATEGORY || 4 - Above Standards || 3 - Meets Standards || 2 - Approaching Standards || 1 - Below Standards || Score ||
 * Position Statement || The position statement provides a clear, strong statement of the author's position on the topic. || The position statement provides a clear statement of the author's position on the topic. || A position statement is present, but does not make the the author's position clear. || There is no position statement. ||  ||
 * Support for Position || Includes 3 or more pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real-life experiences) that support the position statement. The writer anticipates the reader's concerns, biases or arguments and has provided at least 1 counter-argument. || Includes 3 or more pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real-life experiences) that support the position statement. || Includes 2 pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real-life experiences) that support the position statement. || Includes 1 or fewer pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real-life experiences). ||  ||
 * Evidence and Examples || All of the evidence and examples are specific, relevant and explanations are given that show how each piece of evidence supports the author's position. || Most of the evidence and examples are specific, relevant and explanations are given that show how each piece of evidence supports the author's position. || At least one of the pieces of evidence and examples is relevant and has an explanation that shows how that piece of evidence supports the author's position. || Evidence and examples are NOT relevant AND/OR are not explained. ||  ||
 * Audience || Demonstrates a clear understanding of the potential reader and uses appropriate vocabulary and arguments. Anticipates reader's questions and provides thorough answers appropriate for that audience. || Demonstrates a general understanding of the potential reader and uses vocabulary and arguments appropriate for that audience. || Demonstrates some understanding of the potential reader and uses arguments appropriate for that audience. || It is not clear who the author is writing for. ||  ||
 * Sentence Structure || All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure. || Most sentences are well-constructed and there is some varied sentence structure in the essay. || Most sentences are well constructed, but there is no variation is structure. || Most sentences are not well-constructed or varied. ||  ||