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Full Tilt ~ Writing NuggetsNeal Shusterman
Writing Nugget #1 Guidelines
• Refer to Notes #5 (Written Responses
to Literature) and any other notes
• Correct punctuation, spelling, and
sentence structures
• Include at least 1 figure of speech (S,
M, O, A, P, H)
• Include at least 3 elevated words
Writing Nugget #1 - “Adolescence”
“It is adolescence that defines who we
are going to be. That’s the time when
we choose paths for ourselves that are
going to shade and define the rest of
our lives.”
~Neal Shusterman
• REFER TO NOTES #2 - #7
• INCLUDE AT LEAST 2 FIGURES OF SPEECH
• INCLUDE AT LEAST 4 ELEVATED WORDS
• USE CORRECT GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE, AND PUNCTUATION
• MUST BE AT LEAST 5 SENTENCES
• MUST BE IN PARAGRAPH FORM
• WRITE WITH FEELING!
Writing Nugget #2 Guidelines
WRITING NUGGET #2 – “SOMETHING SPECIAL”
Write about something that has special
meaning to you because it reminds you
of a person, place, thing, or time you
like to remember.
Writing Nugget #3 Guidelines
• Refer to Notes #2 - #7
• Correct punctuation, spelling, and
sentence structures always and forever!
• Include 3 Figures of Speech
(S, M, O, A, P, H)
• Include at least 5 elevated words
• Minimum of 5 sentences
Writing Nugget #3 - “Fear”“In time we hate that which we
often fear”
~William Shakespeare• Even today, his plays are performed more often than any other
playwright
• He is one of few writers whose work has been loved at the time it was
written and still be loved continually even today
• ½ of the audience who would watch his plays in the Globe theatre
couldn’t read, so Shakespeare knew how to write for the masses
• Did you know that of the 17,677 words that Shakespeare uses in his plays,
sonnets, and narrative poems, his is the first use of over 1,700 of them?
• REFER TO NOTES #2 - #9
• INCLUDE AT LEAST 3 FIGURES OF SPEECH FOR BLAKE AND 3 FOR QUINN
• INCLUDE AT LEAST 5 ELEVATED WORDS PER CHARACTER
• USE CORRECT GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE, AND PUNCTUATION
• MUST BE AT LEAST 5 SENTENCES PER PARAGRAPH
• MUST BE IN PARAGRAPH FORM (INDENT, TOPIC SENTENCE, ETC)
Writing Nugget #4 Guidelines
WRITING NUGGET #4 – “BROTHERS”
Write a descriptive paragraph
about Blake and explain if he is a
reliable narrator.
Then, write a descriptive
paragraph about Quinn and explain his
relationship with Blake.