logging in or signing up 111 Writing Process swood13 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 321 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: April 20, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers : Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers Chapter Two – The Writing Situation and The Writing Process The Writing Situation : The Writing Situation Topic Audience Purpose Point A useful ritual for writers is to begin by clarifying the four aspects of the writing situation. Topic : Topic Remember to clarify the topic for each assignment. Wide open topics allow writers to choose areas of interest or expertise, but force writers to work harder to develop a topic. Sharply focused topics give writers a specific goal for each assignment, but these topics are difficult to adapt (or bluff your way through). Audience : Audience Analyzing an intended audience is a useful ritual. Audience analysis determines: Content Vocabulary Tone Word choice And most of the other decisions made by a writer. Audience : Audience Unlike a politician who analyzes an audience in order to simply tell them what they want to hear, a good writer analyzes his or her audience in order to tailor the message to effectively reach them. Rhetoric means reaching your audience; reaching your audience means knowing where (and who) they are. Purpose : Purpose To inform To persuade To entertain Remember that these purposes usually work best in combination. Point (Thesis Statement) : Point (Thesis Statement) A thesis statement should be: A single, declarative sentence In the introduction of an essay Authoritative Narrow and specific Clear The Writing Process : The Writing Process Collecting Shaping Drafting Revising Collecting : Collecting Try to gather as many ideas as possible Remember that ideas can only come from: Inside your head, using memory or imagination Outside your head, by research Use the rituals of brainstorming, clustering, and freewriting Shaping : Shaping Shaping involves two basic activities. Focusing your ideas Organizing your ideas Slide 11: Remember that in the collecting stage, you can never have too many ideas, but when it comes to the shaping stage, it’s time to select the best ideas for your topic. Slide 12: In selecting the ideas for your paper, always remember Sturgeon’s Law. Sturgeon’s Law : Sturgeon’s Law 90% of everything is crap. Slide 14: This applies to everything: the ideas you have gathered by brainstorming or some other internal technique as well as the ideas you have collected by researching the topic. This doesn’t mean those ideas are bad; it just means that they won’t be suitable for a particular assignment. Slide 15: When organizing ideas, one of the most useful rituals is to utilize three part form in all of your writing. This form works for most forms of writing, both short and long, formal and informal. Three Part Form : Three Part Form Introduction Tells the reader the point of the essay Gets the reader’s attention Often previews the body of the essay Body Develops the thesis statement with examples, explanations, descriptions, and other kinds of support Conclusion Summarizes the essay Ends the essay Drafting : Drafting Drafting is perhaps the least important stage in the writing process. Don’t try to create a perfect first draft; someone once said that writing is actually 90% rewriting. However, go ahead and correct any mistakes along the way. Revising : Revising Understand the difference between proofreading (looking for technical errors) and editing (looking at the content and organization of a text). Use the gestation approach (allow time between drafting and revising a paper). Proofread your essay out of order. Use a proofing card. Get help (peer editing). Getting Help : Getting Help Make sure that you understand any peer editing advice that you are given. You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
111 Writing Process swood13 Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 321 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: April 20, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers : Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers Chapter Two – The Writing Situation and The Writing Process The Writing Situation : The Writing Situation Topic Audience Purpose Point A useful ritual for writers is to begin by clarifying the four aspects of the writing situation. Topic : Topic Remember to clarify the topic for each assignment. Wide open topics allow writers to choose areas of interest or expertise, but force writers to work harder to develop a topic. Sharply focused topics give writers a specific goal for each assignment, but these topics are difficult to adapt (or bluff your way through). Audience : Audience Analyzing an intended audience is a useful ritual. Audience analysis determines: Content Vocabulary Tone Word choice And most of the other decisions made by a writer. Audience : Audience Unlike a politician who analyzes an audience in order to simply tell them what they want to hear, a good writer analyzes his or her audience in order to tailor the message to effectively reach them. Rhetoric means reaching your audience; reaching your audience means knowing where (and who) they are. Purpose : Purpose To inform To persuade To entertain Remember that these purposes usually work best in combination. Point (Thesis Statement) : Point (Thesis Statement) A thesis statement should be: A single, declarative sentence In the introduction of an essay Authoritative Narrow and specific Clear The Writing Process : The Writing Process Collecting Shaping Drafting Revising Collecting : Collecting Try to gather as many ideas as possible Remember that ideas can only come from: Inside your head, using memory or imagination Outside your head, by research Use the rituals of brainstorming, clustering, and freewriting Shaping : Shaping Shaping involves two basic activities. Focusing your ideas Organizing your ideas Slide 11: Remember that in the collecting stage, you can never have too many ideas, but when it comes to the shaping stage, it’s time to select the best ideas for your topic. Slide 12: In selecting the ideas for your paper, always remember Sturgeon’s Law. Sturgeon’s Law : Sturgeon’s Law 90% of everything is crap. Slide 14: This applies to everything: the ideas you have gathered by brainstorming or some other internal technique as well as the ideas you have collected by researching the topic. This doesn’t mean those ideas are bad; it just means that they won’t be suitable for a particular assignment. Slide 15: When organizing ideas, one of the most useful rituals is to utilize three part form in all of your writing. This form works for most forms of writing, both short and long, formal and informal. Three Part Form : Three Part Form Introduction Tells the reader the point of the essay Gets the reader’s attention Often previews the body of the essay Body Develops the thesis statement with examples, explanations, descriptions, and other kinds of support Conclusion Summarizes the essay Ends the essay Drafting : Drafting Drafting is perhaps the least important stage in the writing process. Don’t try to create a perfect first draft; someone once said that writing is actually 90% rewriting. However, go ahead and correct any mistakes along the way. Revising : Revising Understand the difference between proofreading (looking for technical errors) and editing (looking at the content and organization of a text). Use the gestation approach (allow time between drafting and revising a paper). Proofread your essay out of order. Use a proofing card. Get help (peer editing). Getting Help : Getting Help Make sure that you understand any peer editing advice that you are given.