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Writing Process
Basic MLA
Paragraph Writing
Submit Writing Samples
CONGRATULATIONS!!!YOU JUST COMPLETED
BOTH SECTIONS OF YOUR
FINAL!!!
Writing ProcessPrewrite
What is your purpose for writing?
How are you going to achieve this purpose?
Who is your reader?
Use journalistic questions
Freewriting
Cubing
Webbing/clustering
Listing
More prewriting questions -http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/673/03/
Writing ProcessPrewrite, Plan
Why create an outline?
Helps to keep track of large amounts of info
Helps organize ideas
Presents material in logical form
Shows relationships among ideas
Defines boundaries and groups
Writing ProcessPrewrite, Plan
2 types of outlines
Topic
Sentence
Outlines should be balanced
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20081113013048_544.pdf
Writing Process Prewrite
Plan
Drafting
Rough draft, early version of final copy
Writing Process Prewrite
Plan
Drafting
Proofread
Peer review grammar and process
Writing Process Prewrite
Plan
Drafting
Proofread
Publish
All done! Final copy
Basic MLA format Must be typed, double-spaced, one sided,
paperclipped
I want typed, double-spaced, double sided, stapled
Only one space after punctuation
1 inch margins, Times New Roman, 12 point font
Include heading
Your name
Instructor name
Class
Due Date
Last name and page number in upper right hand corner
Title centered
Sample page 1http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090701095636_747.pdf
Parts of a ParagraphA paragraph has three necessary parts:
Topic sentence
1 sentence
Body
Minimum 5 – 8 sentences
Concluding sentence
1 sentence
Parts of a ParagraphThe topic sentence –
States the main point
Is (often) the first sentence of the paragraph
Parts of a ParagraphThe body -
Supports (shows, explains, or proves) the main point with supporting sentences that contain facts and details.
Supporting Your PointTwo types of support –
Primary support
Major ideas to back up main point
Secondary support
Gives details to back up primary support
BEWARE!!!– Don’t confuse repetition with support
The amount shown on my bill is incorrect. You overcharged me. It didn’t cost that much. The total is wrong.
The amount shown on my bill is incorrect. I ordered the bacon-cheeseburger plate, which is $6.99 on the menu. On the bill, the order is correct, but the amount is $16.99.
Basics of good supportRelates to main point
Creates support that shows readers what main point means
Is detailed and specific
View handout paragraph with primary and paragraph with primary & secondary support
Selecting Primary SupportCarefully read ideas generated
through prewriting technique
Select 3 – 5 primary support points Should be clearest and most convincing,
providing best examples, facts, and observations
Cross out ideas not closely related to main point
If not enough support remains, prewritemore
Adding Secondary SupportFlesh out best primary support points
Specific examples
Facts
observations
Parts of a ParagraphThe concluding sentence -
Reminds readers of the main point (topic sentence)
often makes an observation
OutliningI. Topic Sentence
Training for success in a marathon demands several important steps.
II. Body
A. Runners should first get a schedule developed by a professional running organization.
1. These schedules are available in bookstores or on the Web.
2. A good one is available at www.runnersworld.com.
3. All of the training schedules suggest starting training three to six months before the marathon.
OutliningII. Body
B. Runners should commit to carefully following the schedule.
1. If they cannot stick to it exactly, they need to come as close as they possibly can.
2. The schedules include a mixture of long and short runs at specified intervals.
3. Carefully following the training schedule builds up endurance a little at a time so that by the time of the race, runners are less likely to hurt themselves.
4. The training continues right up until the start of the marathon.
OutliningII. Body
C. On the night before and the morning of the big day, runners should take special steps to make sure they are prepared for the race.
1. The night before the race, they should eat carbohydrates, drink plenty of water, and get a good night’s sleep.
2. On the day of the marathon, runners should eat a light breakfast, dress for the weather, and consider doing a brief warm-up before the race’s start.
3. Before and during the race, they should drink plenty of water.
OutliningIII. Concluding Sentence
Running a marathon without completing the essential steps will not bring success; instead it may bring pain and injury.
Eng 100
Presentation Rubric
Writing NarrationWhat is narration and its elements?
Telling of a story
Essential elements –
Series of events arranged in an order
Plot
Told by a narrator
POV – 1st, 3rd
Specific purpose
Controls narrative and detail selection
“I am telling this story because...”
Writing NarrationWhat are common forms?
(Third common)
Fictionalized narrative
Author invents characters and plot
Purpose to scare, puzzle, think about a situation, ponder course of action
Writing NarrationWhat are common forms?
(Second common)
Here-is-what-happened narrative
Typical in newspapers and histories
Require research
Omniscient narrator not part of the story
Purpose to inform reader or provide information
Writing NarrationWhat are common forms?
(Most common)
Personal experience narratives
Writer is narrator
Tells personal true event
Purpose is to share an insight with reader – a realization, a sudden understanding, an awareness
Writing NarrationWhat do you include?
Do not include every single detail
Choose details that correlate with purpose
Cut out unnecessary, uninteresting, and redundant details
WritingHow is a narrative structured?
Chronological order
Flashback
Do not switch time too frequently
Make sure switches are clear
In media res
Change or modify
Heighten tension
Make purpose clearer
WritingHow does one end a narrative?
Reflect reason or purpose for telling story
Joke ends with punch line to make audience laugh
Significant event leads to moment of insight
Historical event ends with summary statement relating its significance
WritingHow does one tell a narrative?
Choose point of view
Personal experience narratives – 1st person, narrator is in story
Limited – only narrator’s thoughts
Omniscient – all-knowing, everyone’s thoughts
Historical narratives & illustrative narratives – 3rd
person, speaker stands outside the narrative and provides objective view
WritingHow does one tell a narrative?
Show vs. tell
Showing
dramatizing scene and creating dialogue
makes more vivid, allows reader to experience scene directly
Telling
summarizing what happened
permits greater number of events and details
Okay to use a mix
WritingHow does one write dialogue?
Creates an illusion of speech
Real conversation is longer, slower, more boring
Must recognize when it can play an important role in story
Use sparingly
Too much can slow down action of story
Purpose is to reveal character or generate tension
WritingHow does one revise a narrative?
Prune unnecessary detail
Write purpose
Test every included detail
Make structure clear
Ask readers to create a chronological timeline
Differentiate between showing and telling
Look for moments in which dramatization (showing) might be particularly effective
Conclusion
Is it flat or does it lead up to a climactic moment?
Score this presentation
Monday... Have a great weekend
We will work on prewriting and planning our narratives in class
WEDNESDAY –
Read description chapter
Quiz on parts of speech, active/passive verbs, ending in prepositions, shifts, pronoun & antecedent agreement, pronoun reference, pronoun case