Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Preparing For
CAHSEE Writing
- Biographical
narrative
- a. Relate a sequence of events and
communicate the significance of the
events to the audience.
- b. Locate scenes and
incidents in specific places.
- c. Describe with
concrete sensory
details the sights,
sounds, and smells of a
scene and the specific
actions, movements,
ges tures, and feelings
of the characters; use
interior monologue to
depict the characters’
feelings.
- d. Pace the
presentation of
actions to
accommodate
changes in time and
mood.
- e. Make effective use of
descriptions of appearance,
images, shifting perspectives,
and sensory details.
- Response to
literature
- a. Demonstrate a
comprehensive grasp of
the significant ideas of
literary works.
- b. Support important ideas and
viewpoints through accurate and detailed
references to the text or to other works.
- c. Demonstrate awareness
of the author’s use of stylistic
devices and an appreciation
of the effects created.
- d. Identify and assess the
impact of perceived
ambiguities, nuances, and
complexities within the text.
- Expository
essay
- a. Marshal evidence in
support of a thesis and
related claims, including
information on all relevant
perspectives.
- b. Convey information and
ideas from primary and
secondary sources accurately
and coherently.
- c. Make distinctions
between the relative
value and
significance of
specific data, facts,
and ideas.
- d. Include visual aids by
employing appropriate
technology to organize
and record information on
charts, maps, and
graphs.
- e. Anticipate and address
readers' potential
misunderstandings, biases,
and expectations.
- f. Use technical terms and
notations accurately.
- Persuasive
essay
- a. Structure ideas and
arguments in a sustained
and logical fashion.
- b. Use specific rhetorical
devices to support assertions
(e.g., appeal to logic through
reasoning; appeal to emotion
or ethical belief; relate a
personal anecdote, case
study, or analogy).
- c. Clarify and defend
positions with precise and
relevant evidence, including
facts, expert opinions,
quotations, and expressions
of commonly accepted beliefs
and logical reasoning.
- d. Address readers’
concerns, counterclaims,
biases, and expectations.
- Business
letter
- a. Provide clear and
purposeful information and
address the intended
audience appropriately.
- b. Use appropriate
vocabulary, tone, and style to
take into account the nature
of the relationship with, and
the knowledge and interests
of, the recipients.
- c. Highlight central
ideas or images.
- d. Follow a conventional
style with page formats,
fonts, and spacing that
contribute to the documents’
readability and impact.