Step 2: Create a new thread and answer all three parts of the initial prompt below: Respond to the following prompts in your initial post:

Describe the method you use to begin planning your writing. (Examples: graphic organizer, mind map, outline, etc.)
Discuss which prewriting strategy from Chapter 3 would help you be more prepared for your writing tasks and explain why.
Describe how using the planning strategies in Chapter 3 would make a difference in your writing.

1. what is the best example of the use of rhyme? a. the beat of drum b. fresh green grass c. a wild little child d. the kindness of strangers 2. which of the following is always true about a haiku? a. it has one three-line stanza b. it has a specific rhyme scheme of abab c. it uses alliteration d. it expresses thoughts or feelings of a single speaker 3. what is the best example a simile? a. marty’s shout rattled the windows b. her voice was clear as a bell c. he is a bear in the morning d. the blossoms in the garden nodded

Read the sentence from a student’s essay about “the treasure of lemon brown.” greg sees his father differently after he speaks with lemon brown. what revision should the student make to clarify the main idea of this sentence? replace “sees his father differently” with “appreciates his father.” add the phrase “at the end of the story” after the word “differently.” change the wording of “speaks with” to “has a conversation with.” remove “after he speaks with lemon brown” from the sentence.

:) if you could invent, create, or do anything, what would it be? and why?