11.2 RNW FINALS

Pre-writing, Writing, Revising, Editing, Publishing

Pre-writing, Writing, Revising, Editing, Publishing

What are the stages of writing in order?

Pre-writing

Different techniques that help you discover ideas before writing the first draft of a paper

During this stage, you use a variety of strategies to find out things that interest you about a topic or new ways of thinking about it

During this stage, it is important to refrain from critiquing your ideas while they have not yet been fully formed

Key word: Organizing

topic

The subject or the specific issue that your paper will discuss

tone

The attitude and feelings you want your writing to reflect toward your purpose, topic, audience, and yourself

Shown through point of view, sentence structure, and word choice

Purpose, Audience, Tone, Topic

What does PATT stand for?

Brainstorming or Listing

List and provide as many choices of ideas for your topic as possible

Begin at the top of a sheet of paper and list down everything that coms to your mind as fast as you can for a certain amount of time to produce a logical flow of ideas to provide yourself with as many choices for your topic as possible

no connection

freewriting

Writing down one's thoughts nonstop, in the exact order, language, and form in that you think them

Uses the force of narration to draw a stream of connected ideas out of the writer's mind

Rules of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and style do not matter here

Clustering or Mapping

− Writing a word or phrase at the center encircling it; becomes your main topic.

− each word or phrase you write down is

connected to the word or phrase that

suggested it

− With connection and hierarchy

thesis statement

The central idea of an essay, around which all other ideas revolve

purpose for writing

What must a thesis statement reflect?

working thesis statement

An argument containing your stand and that you intend to prove with evidence in the essay

Because you may have to adjust your thesis statement depending on your research and writing

Why is it called a working thesis statement?

go back to your pre-writing, Draft a list of the contents of your essay

How will you know if your thesis statement is too broad or too narrow?

Because you will be spending the rest of the paper proving your point

Why should a thesis statement be comprehensive yet concise?

Your attitude toward the topic

What does a thesis statement reveal about you?

Why the reader should care about your work

What does a good thesis statement show to the reader?

Avoid making overly-opinionated stands, Avoid making announcements, Avoid stating only facts

What are three things you must avoid when writing a thesis statement?

Avoid making overly-opinionated stands

Overly-opinionated shows bias

– Be careful not to go to the extremes and write

a thesis statement with an exaggerated claim

– Choose words wisely

Avoid making announcements

– Specify

– Should show your attitude or the specific ___

Avoid stating only facts

– ____ are non-debatable

– Some can be debatable but useless when proven; no win, no lose

A

C for Correct, A for Announcement, O for Opinion, F for Fact:

In this essay, I am going to write about the disadvantages of wearing uniforms:

O

C for Correct, A for Announcement, O for Opinion, F for Fact:

The President should resign because he is useless.

C

C for Correct, A for Announcement, O for Opinion, F for Fact:

Schools should continue starting in June instead of August because going to school in the heat of the summer will be unhealthy for students.

A

C for Correct, A for Announcement, O for Opinion, F for Fact:

This paper will be about the pros and cons of adapting books into movies.

F

C for Correct, A for Announcement, O for Opinion, F for Fact:

Education is the solution to poverty.

Outline

A summary that gives the essential features of a text and shows how the parts of a text are related to one another as parts that are of importance, or sections that are subordinate to a main idea

Reading Outline

Used to get the main ideas of a text that is already written

Writing outline

A skeletal version of your essay, as a guide to organize your ideas and is usually done before you write the first draft of your essay

levels

The number of ranks in the hierarchy of information in the reading

Roman

The main ideas in an outline are written beside _____ numerals

Capital letters

Supporting ideas each under main idea in a outline are written beside ______ ______ and intended

Main topics with Roman Numerals

what is the first level?

Subtopics under the correct main topics

what is the second level?

Supporting points under the correct subtopics, Illustrations, Examples

What is the third level?

Particular details and other secondary information under the correct supporting points, Statistics, Quotes

What is the 4th level?

Scratch outline

A simple list of ideas that take the form of words and phrases

Good for their brevity

Sentence Outline

• Uses sentences to define the subject matter

• Good for their use of specific detail

Do know the KIND OF PAPER

− What you are being asked to do

− How long it should be

− Looking carefully at the assignment will help

you know what to expect when writing

ex. Position paper, Response Paper, and Summary

Determine the WRITING SITUATION

− Or the context of your assignment

− Thinking about your purpose and audience

of your paper

− May be changed within the writing process,

but it is important to consider how these will

affect your work

− It will help you filter your ideas to streamline

your writing

Ask the following questions:

To whom are you writing?

What is your teacher asking you to write about?

Determine your PURPOSE

− Reason why you are writing

− You begin to make decisions about form,

content, length, organization, support, and

tone

may be to inform, explain, persuade, or to entertain

Purpose in writing is answered by these questions:

What do you want to accomplish

Why are you sending this message?

Don’t CRITIQUE your ideas

In this stage your ideas are not fully formed so just let them float on your paper

− Approach this stage with a relaxed and open state of mind

− Communicate with yourself on what you want to communicate with your readers

Don’t FORGET TO RECOGNIZE your readers/audience

− Always know what your readers preferences

− Don’t always think of writing to express, this

is not creative writing

− Your readers will feel more involved in your

writing