Passing FCAT Writing Test 2012

Passing the FCAT 2.0 Writing Assessments 2013: How to help your students pass the FCAT writing assessment.

Passing The FCAT writing test is a responses to a prompt ether persuasive, narrative, or expository. Three areas that needed equal attention on past FCAT writing test and should be mastered to pass the FCAT writing tests in 4th, 8th and 10th grade.

2013 FCAT 2.0 Writing Prompts and Sample Essays

Grade 4

Writing to Tell a Story (Narrative)

Suppose you won something special.
Think about winning something special.
Now write a story about what happened when you won something special.

Grade 8

Writing to Persuade (Persuasive)

Writing Situation:
Suppose you could convince a famous person to visit your town.

Directions for Writing:
Think about why this person should visit your town.
Now write to convince this person to visit your town.

Grade 10

Writing to Explain (Expository)

Writing Situation:
Suppose you are a reporter and have been assigned to interview a fascinating person of your choice.

Directions for Writing:
Think about a person you would choose to interview.
Now write to explain why you would choose to interview this person.

Grade 8 Anchor Set - Persuasive 

Grade 10 Anchor Set - Expository 

Additional Resources

Calibration Scoring Guides

FCAT 2.0 Writing Scoring Rubrics

Frequently Asked Questions 

2010 FCAT writing prompts

Grade 4 Writing to Tell a Story (Narrative) 2010 prompts
The Grade 4 narrative prompt directed the student to write a story about a day some 4th grade students made lunch for the school.

Grade 8 Writing to Explain (Expository)
 The Grade 8 expository prompt directed the student to explain the biggest change he or she has experienced from elementary to middle school.

Grade 10 Writing to Persuade (Persuasive)
The Grade 10 expository prompt directed the student to explain how being famous would affect someone's life. 


2011 FCAT writing prompts

Grade 4 Writing to Explain (Expository) The Grade 4 expository prompt directed the student to explain the kind of weather he or she likes.

Grade 8 Writing to Explain (Expository) The Grade 8 expository prompt directed the student to think about a place he or she likes to go again and again and explain why he or she likes to go to this place.

Grade 10 Writing to Explain (Expository)
The Grade 10 persuasive prompt directed the student to persuade state legislators whether school libraries should provide Internet access for students.

How to Pass any State Writing Test: Tips on Passing Writing Test Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. 

State standardized writing test are divided into two parts: Writing test part one, response to a prompt, writing test part two multiple choice English Language Arts test. 

Doing your Best on The Multiple Choice Part!

Students mast have time to prepare for state writing test, so if you are studying the night before your test, you need to study the ELA tier 3 academic testing vocabulary.

The fastest way to prepare for the multiple choice English Language Arts portion of the test is playing games.
Reading / ELA Vocabulary Games 

Doing your Best on The Written Response Part! 

The real secret to passing ALL State writing test is thinking like the Fins (people of Finland), formative practice, formative practice, formative practice test with a well thought-out graphic organizer, using a similar or previously released testing instrument if possible. School districts that administer High Stakes Test usually administer some form of summative assessments looking at the final scores, skipping all the writing steps that students need to know when writing competently. Formative writing test gives students and the teachers more ways to evaluate the entire writing process. My students practice and rehearse “writing success” with tools designed to make the writing process kid friendly.

Sit down with your team and design a graphic organizer that the kids can use. Start out with a simplified version and gradually make it more structured and competent.

The students in my class use a simple STEAL chart with pictures of lips for the S in speech, a picture of a brain for the T in thoughts and so on. Again the secret is formative assessment with lots of feedback and a graphic organizer to match the assessment.

In Short! Students must practice using a systematic graphic organizer that covers expository, persuasive, and or narrative writing depending on the test they take. Students must also learn the critical tier 3 vocabulary that they will find on the multiple choice section of the writing test. Students must be given the tools to succeed!

I use a STEAL Characterization chart to enhance the students understanding of the structures of writing whenever possible and to prepare students for state testing. My students have to take three normed writing assessment every year. Teaching them to use a systematic graphic organizer and sorry to say formulaic writing process has gained my students some of the highest writing scores in the state! Our class has the highest number of students that exceed and meets compared to other Title one schools. The past 4 years my students have had an amazing passing rate of 94% on state writing test. I also expose my students daily to the academic writing vocabulary.

Best Practices in the Teaching of Writing
A Prezi on Expository writing 4th Grade Expository Benchmark Model 
Six Traits Writers Work Shop Handbook

Types of Writing Test

Narrative writing is a constructive format that describes a sequence of non-fictional or fictional events in a story. The word "story" may be used as a synonym of "narrative", but can also be used to refer to the sequence of events described in a narrative. A narrative can also be told by a character within a larger narrative.

Expository writing is a type of writing where the purpose is to inform, describe, explain, or define the author's subject to the reader. Expository text is meant to deposit information and is the most frequently used type of writing by students in colleges, high schools, middle schools, elementary schools and universities. A well-written exposition remains focused on its topic and lists events in chronological order. Examples of expository writing include driving directions and instructions on performing a task. Key words such as first, after, next, then, last, before that, and usually signal sequential writing. Second-person instructions with "you" are acceptable.However, the use of first-person pronouns should be avoided ( For example, I, I think etc...). Expository essays should not reveal the opinion of the writer.

Persuasive writing, also referred to as a creative writing or an argument, is a piece of writing in which the writer uses words to convince the reader of his/her view regarding an issue. Persuasive writing sometimes involves convincing the reader to perform an action, or it may simply consist of an argument(s) convincing the reader of the writer’s point of view. Persuasive writing is one of the most used writing types in the world. Persuasive writers employ many techniques to improve their argument and show support for their claim. Simply put, persuasive writing is "an essay that offers and supports an opinion".
 

Please use the sample STEAL chart below or design your own to start getting your students ready to pass the FCAT, CRCT, MCAS, PASS, CRT, AIMS, STAAR, TAKS, PAWS, STA 10, CSAP, CMT, ISTEP, SOL, NJ ASK, NC EOG, OAA, ... Writing Test this spring.

Academic ELA Vocabulary Tier 3 Writing Glossary

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Sample of a few of my Graphic Organizers that students train on.

Develop your own graphic organizers that helps your students master expository, personal narrative, and or persuasive writing.

“The Silver Bullet” STEAL Graphic Organizer | Characterization Chart 

96% Meets or Exceeds on State Writing Test | 25% Exceeding on State Writing Test 

EXPOSITION| RISING ACTION| CLIMAX| FALLING ACTION| RESOLUTION
Narrative and a bit of Expressive writing  

WORD CHOICE Verbs and Adverbs	EXPOSITION Topic Sentence W.W.W. Who, What, and WHY!  What: My first roller coaster ride Who: I am Alone Why: My parents are afraid to ride the Matterhorn Topic Sentence It introduces the main idea of the paragraph	WORD CHOICE Nouns and Adjectives
Debated decided dedicated valued chose cleaned	S – Speech/ Speaking / Dialogue Speech What does the character say (YOU, FRIENDS, FAMILY)?	swift ancient modern bitter sweet alert sane
vaulted viewed visualized volunteered Captured cared for carried caught categorized challenged	T – thoughts/feelings/attitudes Thoughts What is important about the character’s thoughts and feelings (YOU, FRIENDS, FAMILY)?	attractive sticky fuzzy giant fresh  graceful harsh whispering puny harsh noisy quiet shrill
championed changed checked cleared closed coached commanded commended	E – emotions/effects on others Effect How do other characters feel or behave or react to the characters?	teeny massive careful cheap expensive rainy crystal sore dangerous combative
concentrated confronted constructed consulted continued controlled convinced cooperated copied corrected counseled	A – actions Actions What does the character do? How does the character behave?	weary dull drab dim aggressive mellow fancy excited scared filthy superior lazy excited hungry crazy
created customized joined judged observed tackled talked targeted tasted taught obtained offered translated	L – looks/ settings/ imagery/ what Looks What do you see? What do the characters look like? How does the character dress?	poor rich busy anxious steep skinny petite tiny miniscule salty delicious terrible dead alive huge tremendous elderly handsome ugly beautiful shiny
WORD CHOICE Verbs and Adverbs	RISING ACTION Topic Sentence W.W.W. Who, What, and WHY!	WORD CHOICE Nouns and Adjectives
	S – Speech/ Speaking / Dialogue
	T – thoughts/feelings
	E – effects/emotions on others
	A – actions
	L – looks/ settings
WORD CHOICE Verbs and Adverbs	RISING ACTION Topic Sentence W.W.W. Who, What, and WHY!	WORD CHOICE Nouns and Adjectives
	S – Speech/ Speaking / Dialogue
	T – thoughts/feelings
	E – effects/emotions on others
	A – actions
	L – looks/ settings

“The Silver Bullet II” STEAL Students Graphic Organizer

96% Meets or Exceeds on State Writing Test | 25% Exceeding on State Writing Test

Expository Writing with a bit of Narrative to meet the Six Traits of Writing

 Narrative with a bit of Expository Structures

WORD CHOICE	INTRODUCTION Topic Sentence It introduces the main idea of the paragraph	Ideas
	POINT #1 (SUPPORTING DETAIL) S – Speech/ Speaking / Dialogue elaboration (mini-story)Speech What are people saying (YOU, FRIENDS, FAMILY)?
	POINT #2 (SUPPORTING DETAIL) T – thoughts/feelings/attitudes elaboration (mini-story) Thoughts What is important about the  thoughts and feelings (YOU, FRIENDS, FAMILY)?
	POINT #3 (SUPPORTING DETAIL) E –effects on others / emotions/ elaboration (mini-story) Effect How do other characters feel or behave or react to the characters?
	POINT #4 (SUPPORTING DETAIL) A – actions Actions What are people doing? What are their actions? How does the character behave?
	POINT #5 (SUPPORTING DETAIL) L – looks/ settings/ imagery/ Looks What do you see? What do the  events and action look like?
	CONCLUSION / Transitions

Persuasive Essay Graphic Organizer

HOTEL Chart
Prompt Topic	Should all kids go to academic summer camp?
Hook | pester / persuade / plea	Academic summer camps increases academic performance, resiliency, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.
Opinion | judgment / attitude / belief	Giving all students a leg up is critical if we want to remain a first world nation not slide into a third world nation.
Thoughts | thoughts/feelings/attitudes	We need to find a way that all students have the opportunity to attend summer camp or “SuperCamp” not just a very small percentage of rich children.
Emotions | emotions/effects on others Effect	If we are going to sentence our children to 16 years of school we should have the decency to make it a truly amazing 16 years not just testing factories.
Logic | deduce/convince/  reason	The new Common Core Standards are designed to help bridge the academic achievement gap and prepare US students for the increasingly complex information age but they are just words if students are not exposed to many academic opportunities.

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The First 1000 Words of English

The First 1000 Words of English 

English Language Learners, ESL, ELL and remedial reading students need to master the Tier 1 English Vocabulary found in the GSL. The 2000 words in the GSL make up 95% of spoken English and 85% or written English!

The General Service List (GSL) is a list of roughly 2000 words published by Michael West in 1953. The words were selected to represent the most frequent words of English and were taken from a corpus of written English. The target audience was and is English language learners and ESL teachers. To maximize the utility of the list, some frequent words that overlapped broadly in meaning with words already on the list were omitted. In the original publication the relative frequencies of various senses of the words were also included.

General Service Word List West 1953

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General Service List from Wiktionary

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tear • tire • expression • exception • application • belong • rich • failure • struggle • instrument • variety • narrow • theater • collection • rain • review • preserve • leadership • clay • daughter • fellow • swing • thank • library • fat • reserve • tour • nice • warn • ring • bitter • chair • yesterday • scientific • flower • wheel • solution • aim • gather • invite • moreover • fresh • forest • winter • box • belief • ordinary • impossible • print • gray • taste • lip • speech • reference • stain • connection • otherwise • stretch • knife • village • blow • mistake • sweet • shout • divide • guard • worse • exchange • rare • commercial • request • appoint • agent • dependence • bird • wild • motion • guess • neighbor • seed • fashion • loan • correct • plain • mail • retire • opposite • prefer • safe • evil • double • wood • empty • baby • advise • content • sport • lift • literary • curious • tie • flat • message • neck • hate • dirt • delight • trust • nobody • valley • tool • presence • cook • railroad • minister • coffee • brush • beside • collect • guide • luck • profit • lord • everybody • prison • cloud • slave • chairman • soil • distinguish • introduce • urge • blind • arise • upper • curve • membership • key • entertain • soul • neighborhood • friendly • pair • stone • lean • protect • advertise • mystery • welcome • knee • jump • snake • stream • avenue • brown • disease • hat • excellent • formal • snow • sheet • somehow • unity • sky • rough • smooth • weather • steady • threaten • depth • oppose • deliver • ancient • pray • adopt • birth • appearance • universe • busy • hurry • coast • forth • smell • furnish • female • hide • wire • proposal • ought • victory • quarter • engine • customer • waste • fool • intend • intention • desk • politics • passage

1201-1400

lawyer • root • climb • metal • gradual • hunt • protection • satisfy • roof • branch • pleasure • witness • loose • nose • mine • band • aside • risk • tomorrow • remind • ear • fish • shore • operator • civilize • being • silent • screen • bind • earn • pack • colony • besides • slip • cousin • scale • relief • explore • stem • brain • musician • defend • bend • somebody • shadow • mix • smoke • description • fruit • guilt • yield • sensitive • salt • pale • sweep • completion • throat • agriculture • admire • gentle • dozen • particle • pleasant • bay • cup • competition • moon • terrible • strip • mechanic • shock • conversation • angle • tall • plenty • star • yellow • sick • thorough • absolute • succeed • surround • proud • dear • card • lake • breath • afraid • silence • onto • shoe • somewhere • chain • slide • copy • machinery • wake • severe • pocket • bone • honest • freeze • dictionary • calm • swim • ice • male • skin • crack • rush • wet • meat • commerce • joint • gift • host • suspect • path • uncle • afford • instant • satisfactory • height • track • confidence • grass • suggestion • favorite • breakfast • apart • chest • entrance • march • sink • northern • iron • alive • ill • bag • disturb • native • bedroom • violent • beneath • pause • tough • substance • threat • charm • absence • factory • spite • meal • universal • accident • highway • sentence • liberty • wise • noise • discovery • tube • flash • twist • fence • childhood • joy • sister • sad • efficiency • disappear • defeat • extensive • rent • comparison • possess • grace • flesh • liquid • scientist • ease • heaven • milk • sympathy • rank • restaurant • frequency • angry • shade • accuse • necessity • knock • loud • permanent • row • lovely • confuse • gold • frighten • solve

1401-1600

grave • salary • photograph • advice • abroad • wound • virtue • dare • queen • extra • attract • numerous • pink • gate • expensive • shut • chicken • forgive • holy • wooden • prompt • crime • sorry • republic • anger • visitor • pile • violence • steel • wing • stair • partner • delay • gentleman • pour • confusion • damage • kick • safety • burst • network • resistance • screw • pride • till • hire • verb • preach • clerk • everywhere • anyway • fan • connect • egg • efficient • grain • calculate • drag • opposition • worship • arrest • discipline • string • harbor • camera • mechanism • cow • grand • funny • insurance • reduction • strict • lesson • tight • sand • plate • qualify • elsewhere • mad • interference • pupil • fold • royal • valuable • whisper • anybody • hurt • excess • quantity • fun • mud • extension • recognition • kiss • crop • sail • attractive • habit • relieve • wisdom • persuade • certainty • cloth • eager • deserve • sympathetic • cure • trap • puzzle • powder • raw • mankind • glad • blame • whenever • anxiety • bus • tremble • sacred • fortunate • glory • golden • neat • weekend • treasury • overcome • cat • sacrifice • complain • elect • roar • sake • temple • self • compete • nurse • stuff • stomach • peculiar • repair • storm • ton • desert • allowance • servant • hunger • conscience • bread • crash • tip • strengthen • proof • generous • sir • tonight • whip • tongue • mill • merchant • coal • ruin • introduction • courage • actor • belt • stir • package • punish • reflection • breathe • anywhere • amuse • dull • fate • net • fellowship • fault • furniture • beam • pencil • border • disappoint • flame • joke • bless • corn • shell • tempt • supper • destruction • dive • anxious • shine • cheap • dish • distant • greet • flood • excuse • insect

1601-1800

ocean • ceremony • decrease • prize • harm • insure • verse • pot • sincere • cotton • leaf • rub • medicine • stroke • bite • lung • lonely • admission • stupid • scratch • composition • broadcast • drum • resist • neglect • absent • passenger • adventure • beg • pipe • beard • bold • meanwhile • devil • cheer • nut • split • melt • swear • sugar • bury • wipe • faint • creature • tail • wealth • earnest • translate • suspicion • noble • inquiry • journey • hesitate • extraordinary • borrow • owe • funeral • ambition • mixture • slope • criminal • seldom • map • spin • praise • spare • plow • telegraph • barrel • straighten • scarce • lunch • slavery • creep • sweat • gay • stiff • brave • seize • convenient • horizon • moderate • complicate • dig • curse • weigh • priest • excessive • quarrel • widow • modest • dine • politician • custom • educate • salesman • nail • tap • eastern • possession • satisfaction • behave • mercy • scatter • objection • silver • tent • saddle • wrap • nest • grind • spell • plaster • arch • swell • friendship • bath • bundle • grateful • crown • boundary • nowhere • asleep • clock • boil • altogether • lend • holiday • precious • wander • ugly • reputation • ticket • pretend • dismiss • delicate • despair • awake • tea • false • fortune • cap • thread • haste • bare • shirt • bargain • leather • rail • butter • dot • inquire • warmth • decisive • vessel • pity • steam • pin • bound • companion • toe • reward • forbid • wherever • tower • bathe • lodge • swallow • multiply • bow • kingdom • garage • permission • pump • prevention • urgent • aunt • zero • idle • fever • Christmas • regret • jaw • soap • pronounce • empire • bowl • outline • organ • imitation • caution • mineral • disagree • blade • trick • treasure • immense • convenience • disapprove • destructive

1801-2000

fork • noon • ownership • tune • polish • poison • shame • loyalty • cottage • astonish • shave • feather • sauce • lid • debt • fade • confess • classification • descend • cape • mild • clever • envelope • invention • sheep • splendid • stamp • float • brick • rice • businessman • backward • qualification • artificial • attraction • lamp • curl • shower • elder • bunch • bell • steer • flavor • spit • rob • cream • interrupt • pen • weave • orange • rescue • crush • humble • fancy • decay • polite • tribe • bleed • coin • fond • autumn • classify • omit • loyal • needle • lessen • complaint • pad • steep • skirt • curtain • calculation • laughter • solemn • grease • interfere • explode • fasten • flag • resign • postpone • patience • boast • rope • envy • airplane • rid • shield • veil • kneel • tray • explosive • brass • taxi • wax • duck • button • invent • remedy • bush • thunder • weaken • poverty • scrape • arrow • tender • cruel • soften • mouse • hay • anyhow • alike • circular • juice • shelf • bake • hatred • cautious • basket • wreck • width • confident • log • heap • suck • ladder • gap • obey • hut • axe • translation • collar • delivery • reproduce • confession • pan • prejudice • voyage • tobacco • simplicity • paste • cake • elephant • ribbon • harvest • ashamed • cave • customary • thief • damp • sew • rust • separation • waiter • pet • straw • upset • towel • refresh • essence • fur • ambitious • defendant • daylight • dip • suspicious • imaginary • ash • carriage • educator • saw • stove • rubber • rug • misery • awkward • rival • roast • deed • preference • explosion • theatrical • cultivate • collector • miserable • wrist • rabbit • accustom • tide • insult • thumb • lump • annoy • toy • heal • shallow • repetition • soup • whistle • scenery

2001-2200

apple • offense • cork • ripe • temper • sore • pinch • diamond • razor • imaginative • hook • copper • landlord • influential • rot • hollow • enclose • harden • wicked • stiffen • silk • upright • selfish • stripe • pig • inward • excellence • rake • purple • hasten • shorten • applause • ache • apology • knot • nephew • cushion • drown • nursery • pint • fierce • imitate • aloud • gaiety • robbery • tighten • perfection • scorn • whoever • trunk • wool • sailor • competitor • moonlight • deer • bean • everyday • drawer • disregard • nowadays • patriotic • tin • penny • cage • pardon • lately • offend • coarse • spoil • horizontal • sting • ditch • librarian • meantime • cough • deaf • sword • messenger • vain • castle • elastic • comb • rod • widen • sorrow • inventor • cliff • umbrella • interruption • merry • gallon • conquest • headache • tailor • bucket • scent • signature • cart • darken • sometime • applaud • underneath • hello • pretense • descent • conquer • framework • confidential • adoption • disgust • waist • momentary • receipt • pearl • ray • lazy • limb • grammatical • beast • monkey • jewel • persuasion • obedience • sock • vowel • hammer • inn • chimney • dissatisfaction • annoyance • ornament • honesty • outward • sharpen • handkerchief • greed • heavenly • thirst • niece • spill • loaf • wheat • worm • secrecy • rude • heighten • flatten • loosen • cheese • rivalry • royalty • discontent • complication • fright • indoor • flour • actress • congratulation • ounce • fry • everlasting • goat • ink • disappearance • reproduction • thicken • avoidance • spoon • strap • deceive • lengthen • revenge • correction • descendant • hesitation • spade • basin • weed • omission • old-fashioned • bicycle • breadth • photography • coward • mat • rejoice • cheat • congratulate • discomfort • enclosure • attentive • paw • overflow • dissatisfy • multiplication • whichever • tidy • bribe • mend • stocking

2201-2284

feast • nuisance • thorn • tame • inclusive • homemade • handwriting • chalk • sour • slippery • procession • ripen • jealous • jealousy • liar • homecoming • barber • whiten • berry • lighten • pigeon • hinder • bravery • baggage • noun • amongst • grammar • cultivation • companionship • rubbish • modesty • woolen • deepen • pastry • cupboard • quart • canal • notebook • deceit • parcel • brighten • moderation • punctual • hurrah • lipstick • uppermost • fatten • conqueror • hindrance • cowardice • obedient • saucer • madden • scold • weekday • rotten • disrespect • widower • deafen • donkey • businesslike • motherhood • sadden • handshake • calculator • headdress • scissors • translator • possessor • shilling • redden • motherly • whose • cultivator • whom • homework • electrician • oar • bribery • sweeten • sow • pronunciation • beak • plural


Online Test A
 

Reading Boot Camp    Test A

Name:

Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question.

1.                  to cause someone to be angry or upset.

 ache

 admire

 annoy

 anxiety

2.                  the time of day between noon and evening.

 afternoon

 ache

 ambition

 absence

3.                  to have enough money for; be able to pay for.

 absolutely

 annoy

 afternoon

 afford

4.                  to clap the hands in approval.

 anxiety

 applaud

 apologize

 afternoon

5.                  away from each other in time or space.

 angle

 agriculture

 accuse

 apart

6.                  real; true; exact.

 abroad

 actual

 approve

 ambition

7.                  a feeling of being worried, nervous, or afraid that something bad will happen.

 accustom

 anxiety

 angle

 annoy

8.                  to say that you are sorry.

 apologize

 actual

 accustom

 abroad

9.                  to have a high opinion of; respect.

 accident

 ambition

 admire

 accuse

10.              a strong desire to reach a goal, or the goal that someone wants to reach.

 approve

 ambition

 anxiety

 agriculture

11.              before; in front.

 accident

 anxiety

 ahead

 abroad

12.              the figure made by two lines coming from a single point.

 angle

 accustom

 accident

 advice

13.              to say that someone has done something wrong or illegal.

 anxiety

 admire

 accuse

 accustom

14.              to say that you accept something; to say yes to something.

 amuse

 admire

 approve

 apologize

15.              to have a dull pain that lasts a long time.

 approve

 ache

 accuse

 ambition

16.              in or to another country.

 absence

 applaud

 advertise

 abroad

17.              reasons or causes that are not planned by anyone.

 absolutely

 applaud

 apart

 accident

18.              to cause to smile or laugh.

 indent

 amuse

 apart

 abroad

19.              together with or in the middle of.

 absence

 angle

 annoy

 among

20.              precisely; exactly.

 absolutely

 accustom

 afternoon

 admire

21.              to become used to or familiar with something over time.

 afternoon

 accuse

 absolutely

 accustom

22.              the science or activity of farming. __________ includes raising crops and animals for food.

 agriculture

 apologize

 advice

 applaud

23.              to tell about something so people will want to buy it.

 accident

 ahead

 advice

 advertise

24.              an idea or opinion that someone gives to help you decide.

 afternoon

 afford

 advertise

 advice

25.              a time of being away or not present.

 amuse

 anxiety

 absence

 actual