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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Writing ProcessEnglish 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 includedb. Word choicec. Details (Will you need to
convince your audience?)d. Formal/informal
PURPOSE
What is the PURPOSE of your writing?
a. Informb. Explainc. Entertaind. Persuade
These are the FOUR purposes.
SUMMARY: Knowing your PURPOSE determines
a. Information includedb. Word choicec. 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 your purpose 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
1. Topic sentence –define
2. 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
SpellingGrammarPunctuationCapitalization
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.
