Choose your topic Identify your audience Identify your purpose Gather details to support your topic
ANYONE who is going to read your work Knowing your audience determines: a. Information included b. Word choice c. Details (Will you need to convince your audience?) d. Formal/informal
What is the PURPOSE of your writing? a. Inform b. Explain c. Entertain d. Persuade These are the FOUR purposes.
SUMMARY: Knowing your PURPOSE determines a. Information included b. Word choice c. Details (Will you need to convince your audience?) d. Formal/informal
SUMMARY: What do we do? Choose your topic Identify your audience Identify your purpose Gather details and ideas to support your topic
Free writing Brainstorming Clustering Asking questions/research
Turn ideas into sentences Decide on order of details Your writing begins to look like a formal piece of writing
The main point the paper is trying to prove or support 1.Topic sentence –define 1.Thesis statement (or CLAIM) -- define
Formal? Informal? Often determined by PURPOSE
Chronological order Spatial order Compare and contrast Emphatic order (Order of importance) Pro and Con (lists)
CONTENT LEVEL CHANGES Unity? Does it all stay on topic? Coherence? Does it flow? Why is this step important?
MECHANICS: details Spelling Grammar Punctuation Capitalization Why is this step important?
What is presenting? What you do for a Written copy? Oral presentation? Power Point? Why is this step important?
CYCLICAL --revisit each stage as needed. It in NOT a linear (straight line) process.