1. The Writing Process

2. Introduction What you will learn from this presentation: How to invent, compose, and revise.

3. How do we write? Compose InventRevise We…

4. Inventing Compose InventRevise How to …?

5. Devise a game plan: schedule the writing process Ask questions to explore your rhetorical situation: Inventing

6. Ask more critical questionsFreewrite & brainstormMap & clusterKeep a journal Invention Strategies Explore classic topics Ask stasis questions Use tagmemics Record ideas without revising or proofreading Invent and organize ideas visually to explore relationships, processes Write personal explorations and reflections on ideas

7. Composing Compose Invent Revise How to….?

8. Conduct research Narrow the topic Composing Develop the thesis Organize ideas Write the 1 st draft

9. Organizing Strategies I. Introduction A. Set the context B. Explain why the topic is important C. State the thesis II. Body A. Build points B. Develop ideas C. Support the main claim III. Conclusion A. Reemphasize the main idea B. Restate the thesis Create an outline

10. Revising Compose Invent Revise How to…?

11. Review Proofread Revising

12. Review Proofread Revising

13. Reviewing Strategies Refocus ReorderAddCut

14. Review Proofread Revising

15. Proofreading Strategies Run spell & grammar check Read the paper aloud & backwards Speak with your instructor Visit your writing lab

16. How do we write? Compose InventRevise We…

17. How can you get help? call visitemail from Purdue Writing Lab…

18. Grammar hotline: (765) 494-3723 Contact us: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/writinglab/email/owlmail Where can you get help? Writing lab: HEAV 226, PU Our website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu

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