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- 2. • What isyour definition of ‘writing’? • Here’s another question… – What makes writing ‘good’? • Writing is… – A response – Linear – Ongoing/Changes – Decision Making – A Process WHAT IS WRITING?
- 3. • In highschool… – You write what you know • In college… – You write to find out what you don’t know. HOW DO I WRITE FOR COLLEGE?
- 4. • The Title •Preliminary Remarks • Audience & Purpose • The Thesis • The Introduction • The Body • The Conclusion • The Postscript ELEMENTS OF AN ESSAY
- 5. • Choose atopic. • Focus your topic. • Collect your ideas. • Organize your ideas. • Write them down onto paper. • Revise!!!!! • Turn it in on time. • Congratulate yourself. WRITING ACADEMIC PAPERS: AN OVERVIEW
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- 7. • Finding outwhat you already know, think, or how you feel about your chosen topic. • You may want to do some research to find out more, or solidify facts and figures. • Strategies: Brainstorming (Clustering, Listing); Freewriting; Outlining PREWRITING
- 8. • Think ofan assignment as a problem to be solved. Write it out in a single sentence. • Stop trying. Take a break. Come back refreshed. • Free write, brainstorm, outline • Research what others have said WRITER’S BLOCK
- 9. • Don’t waituntil the last minute! • Establish a schedule that works for you • Break down your writing task • Expect surprises • Expect to do more than one draft • Strategies: Taking Notes; Expanding on an Outline; Writing paragraphs DRAFTING
- 10. • When writingfor yourself – don’t worry • Personal writing = length • When writing for others… – Make sure your points come across clearly – What needs work? What still needs work? What do you need to say more (or less) of? ASSESSING YOUR OWN WRITING
- 11. • Purpose – Whyyou are writing • Audience – Who you are writing to/for • Genre – What type of writing are you doing? • Stance – How do you feel about the topic? CONSIDER THE RHETORICAL SITUATION
- 12. • Focus – Thesis –Introduction & Conclusion • Support – Reasons, Evidence • Organization • Clarity REVIEWING YOUR WRITING
- 13. • Others canpoint out problems that you do not see in your own text • Answer specific questions you may have about the audience of your text GETTING RESPONSES
- 14. • Major changesto the essay • Layered – Whole-Text – Details • Give yourself time to revise • Sharpen your focus • Strengthen the argument • Clarify • Rewriting – pg. 239 REVISING
- 15. • Details – Paragraphs,Sentences, etc. • Paragraphs • Sentences • Words EDITING
- 16. • Clean upyour work for presentation • Spell check • Formatting PROOFREADING
- 17. JUST A REMINDER… Plagiarizeand die! …just kidding. (No, really.)
Editor's Notes
- #2 Compiled by Ashley Barbara Supinski for NCC’s English 101: Freshman Composition Updated January 2015.
- #3 Image Credit: Google Images, “Writing Clipart”
- #4 Image Credit: Northampton Community College logo, Google Search.
- #5 Handout from TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MC Writing Center “Elements of an Essay.”
- #6 From NCC’s Learning Center handout, “Writing Academic Papers.”
- #10 Norton Field Guide to Writing, pg. 226
- #16 Image Credit: Google Images, “Writing Clipart”
- #18 Image Credit: The Simpsons. Google Search: Plagiarism