Drafting, Revising, Editing

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Drafting, Revising, Editing

Drafting Brainstorming Lists Clustering Freewriting Directed Freewriting Other Prewriting Skills

Revising Using free writings to add descriptive details Action verbs, 5 senses, sentence variety to build impact and suspense.

Paragraph Level Revising Organizing parts: Chronological- time order: telling a story from beginning to the end. Spatial-space order: describe your physical surroundings in a particular order Emphatic Order: organizing ideas from least important to most important

Sentence Level Revising Sentence Clarity: Are the sentences clear? , Sentence Structure: Do the sentences make sense? Order of Sentences: Do the sentences follow each other in a logical pattern within the paragraph?

Editing Punctuation, Grammar and Mechanics, Spelling, Format (margins, indenting paragraphs)