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kinds of essays
Exposity Argumentative Persuasive Familiar Descriptive Reflective
Informational essay
Expository Argumentative Persuasive
Similarities in information essays
There all based on fact
R.A.F.T
Role, Audience, Format, Tone
R in raft
Role
F in RAFT
Format
A in raft
Audience
T in RAFT
Tone
Diction
word choice
loose sentence
A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses
periodic sentence
sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end
Balance sentence
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
3 types of telegraph services
A day letter Telegram (most common) Night letter
Writing stages of development
Prewriting Writing Revising Editing + publishing Publication
Reflective essay format
Describe Examine Articulate Learning
2 groups of words
Phrases Clauses
phrase
A group of words with a meaning; an expression
Clauses
a group of words with a subject and a verb
Sentance structure
Simple, compound, complex, compound complex
simple sentence
one independent clause
Compound Sentance Example
Two independent Clauses
complex sentence
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
compound-complex sentence
at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses
The dump ground
Wallace Stegner
Letter to His Son
Lord Chesterfield
classroom without walls
Marshall Mcluhan
Trouble with people
Vance Packard
Essay definition
A relatively short prestentation on the authors thoughs and feelings on some sibject which apeals to him and which he hopes will apeal to or affect his readers.
Wordiness
too many words so that what the author is saying is not clear or is repetitive
The catastrophe of success
Tenesse Wiliams
Japanese air and submarine attack sinks HMS prince of wales and HMS repulse
Cecil brown
Dangling partiples
A particple that is in the sentence but that does not modify a noun or pronoun
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift
Types of Verbals
Partiple
Gerund
Infinitive
Participle
Use verb as a adjective
Gerund
Use verb as a noun
Infinitive
add a verb
Tone conveys
authours feelings
the level of formality
the underlying attention
On verterans
Jean Chretien
Behavoiur in extermination camps
Bruno Bettelheim
Thesis definition
The thesis statement is the center around which your paper revolves. It is a clear, conscise statment of the positiom you will defent
Strong thesis staments
-Argumentive
-Specific
-orginal
-can be supported by textual evidence
-answers the promnt
-clearly and concisly stated
Thesis statments >>>>
Suggest specific topic
set managble limits
structor argument
Outside of an essay is the
Intro and conclusion
Inside of an essay is the
Body of the essay
5 stages of writing
pre-writing
writing
re-writing
editing
publishing
During what stafe us the writer primarily concerned with making sure ideas are clear to the reader
re-writing
During whst dtsge id the writer most concerned with ensuring that his writing has met up to the standards correct written english.
editing
During what stage should the writer create his initial thesis statement
Pre-writing
During what stage should the writer create his title
writing
Two types of personal essays
Reflective
familiar
pargraphs should be -- To ----
Weakest to strongest
The importance in loafing
Lin Yutang
Art Buchwald
The grown up problem
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