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Writing Process English II. Things you do during prewriting. Choose your topic Identify your audience Identify your purpose Gather details to support your topic. AUDIENCE. ANYONE who is going to read your work Knowing your audience determines: a. Information included b. Word choice
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Things you do during prewriting Choose your topic Identify your audience Identify your purpose Gather details to support your topic
AUDIENCE • ANYONE who is going to read your work • Knowing your audience determines: a. Information included b. Word choice c. Details (Will you need to convince your audience?) d. Formal/informal
PURPOSE What is the PURPOSE of your writing? a. Inform b. Explain c. Entertain d. Persuade These are the FOUR purposes.
SUMMARY: Knowing your PURPOSE determines a. Information included b. Word choice c. Details (Will you need to convince your audience?) d. Formal/informal
PRE-WRITING SUMMARY: What do we do? • Choose your topic • Identify your audience • Identify yourpurpose • Gather details and ideas to support your topic
PRE-WRITING STRATEGIES • Free writing • Brainstorming • Clustering • Asking questions/research
DRAFTING • Turn ideas into sentences • Decide on order of details • Your writing begins to look like a formal piece of writing
MAIN IDEA • The main point the paper is trying to prove or support • Topic sentence –define • Thesis statement (or CLAIM) -- define
STYLE • Formal? • Informal? Often determined by PURPOSE
ORGANIZATIONAL METHODS • Chronological order • Spatial order • Compare and contrast • Emphatic order (Order of importance) • Pro and Con (lists)
REVISING • CONTENT LEVEL CHANGES • Unity? Does it all stay on topic? • Coherence? Does it flow? Why is this step important?
EDITING / PROOF-READING • MECHANICS: details • Spelling • Grammar • Punctuation • Capitalization Why is this step important?
PRESENTING • What is presenting? • What you do for a • Written copy? • Oral presentation? • Power Point? Why is this step important?
CYCLICAL PROCESS • CYCLICAL --revisit each stage as needed. • It in NOT a linear (straight line) process.