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- 1. © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e Chapter One An Introduction to Writing
- 2. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Four Basic Principles of Effective Writing • Start with a clearly stated point. • Provide logical detailed support for the point. • Organize and connect supporting material. • Revise and edit so that sentences are effective and do not have errors.
- 3. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Point and Support Any idea that you advance MUST be supported with specific reasons or details. (What kind? How many? What did it look/feel/smell/taste/sound like?)
- 4. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Point and Support in a Paragraph A paragraph usually consists of a topic sentence… Although I love the movies, I’ve found that there are drawbacks to movie-going.
- 5. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Point and Support in a Paragraph (cont.) …followed by supporting sentences. On a recent visit, teenagers were throwing popcorn and ice cubes to the left of me. The seats were torn and missing springs, and the floors were sticky with spilled soda.
- 6. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Benefits of Paragraph Writing Mastering the structure of the paragraph will •help make you a better writer; •strengthen your skills as a reader and listener; and •make you a stronger thinker.
- 7. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Audience and Purpose When writing for others, it’s important to consider why you are writing and who will be reading your work.
- 8. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Audience and Purpose (cont.) • Three common purposes of writing: – To inform; – To persuade; and – To entertain
- 9. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Audience and Purpose (cont.) • Evaluate your audience: – What does the audience already know about the subject? – Why might the reader need or want this material? – Is the purpose to inform or to convince? – What type of language to use?
- 10. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Writing is… • A skill that can be mastered through practice and hard work. It is not a talent. • A process of discovery that involves many steps and switches in direction.
- 11. English Skills, 8e English Skills with Readings, 6e English Skills, 11e English Skills with Readings, 9e © 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Practice Writing The more you practice writing, the better you will write. Keep a writing journal, which can be a notebook, on your computer, or online.