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28 Cards in this Set
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During the Drafting Stage you should...
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explore relations among ideas
fill in details to support them begin to work out the shape and aim the whole |
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Example
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point to instances
illustrate the subject that clarify and support your idea about it |
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connections
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helps you to relate the selection to 1 or 2 others
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Good thesis statements...
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assert opinions
take positions on their subjects project a single idea hint about writer's primary purpose |
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Argument and Persausion
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formulate an opinion or make a proposal about the subject
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Definitions
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trace a boundary around the subject to pin down its meaning
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method of development
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use only 1 or together to discover direction ideas and support ideas
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purpose
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what you want readers to think or do as a result of reading your writing
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Journal to Essay
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prompt encourages you to respond to the selection just for yourself
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1st step of Revision process
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focus on fundamental whole essay matters
purpose and organization |
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2nd step of revision process
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edit
focus on surface issues such as word choice and grammar |
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Description
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using your senses to explain or evoke the subject
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4 rough stages of writing
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1 analyis of writing situation
2 discovery 3 drafting 4 revision |
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critical writing
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take a deliberate critical look at the selection
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audience
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knowing whom you are addressing and why tells you what approach to take
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Discovery stage
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feel you way into an assignment
begin to generate ideas always the writing stage could produce rough draft |
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journal
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notebook, tablet, computer file
more flexibilty as a writer free to make mistakes limber writing muscules |
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Freewriting
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writing without stopping for 10-15 min.
dont stop to reread or edit helps find a subject for writing |
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Narration
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tell a story about a subject
enlighten or entertain readers explain something to them |
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Thesis
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main idea of writing
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Process Analysis
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explain step by step how to do something or how something works
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classification
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show resemblances and difference among many related subject sort into kinds or groups
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division or analysis
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slice the subject into parts or elements in order to show how they relate
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Revision Stage
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dialog for readers
fulfilling their expectations answering ?s the reader might ask |
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compare and contrast
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set the subject beside something else
noting similarities and differences or both |
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cause and effect
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explain why or what if
showing reason for or consequences of the subject |
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drafting
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writing out sentences and paragraphs
linking ideas focusing ideas |
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thesis statement
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expressing the main idea with a sentence or 2
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