RNW 11 - Pre-writing and Critical Reading

2ND SEM FINAL TERM

Pre-writing, Writing, Revising, Editing, Publishing

It is the order of writing

Pre-writing

It is the first stage of writing process which contains different techniques that help you discover ideas before writing

P.A.T.T.

It is the acronym used to determine the writing situation

Purpose

The reason why you are writing

Audience

It is your target reader

Topic

The subject or the specific issue that your paper will discuss

Tone

Refers to the attitudes and feelings you want your writing to reflect toward your purpose, topic, audience, and yourself

Brainstorming

It is one of the better and more popular methods of pre-writing and its aim is to provide yourself with as many choices for your topic as possible

Clustering or mapping

Starts by writing a word at the center and think of other words related to the main topic, write them down and encircle them and draw lines connecting them to the main topic

Freewriting

Is writing down your thoughts nonstop, in the exact order, language, and form in that you think them. Uses the force of narration to draw a stream connected ideas out of the writer’s mind

Thesis Statement

The central idea of an essay

Working Thesis Statement

An argument containing your stand and what you intend to prove with evidence in the essay. It is called such because you may have to adjust it depending on your research and writing

1. Avoid making overly-opinionated stands

2. Avoid making announcements

3. Avoid stating only facts

The 3 guidelines on writing the thesis statement

1. Know the kind of paper you’re writing

2. Determine the writing situation

3. Identify your purpose for writing

The 3 Do’s in pre-writing

1. Critique your ideas, let it all flow smoothly

2. Forget to recognize who is your audience/readers

The 2 Don’ts in pre-writing