1. DRAPES
Writing Strategy

2. R – Rhetorical Question A – Analogy P – Personal Experience E- Example
D – Dialogue
R – Rhetorical Question
A – Analogy
P – Personal Experience
E- Example
S – Statistics

3. Dialogue EX: “ I like school uniforms,”said Mrs. Ayers.
1. Conversation between two or more people.
2. The conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.
EX: “ I like school uniforms,”said Mrs. Ayers.

4. Rhetorical Question
1. The author / speaker raises a question, but doesn't answer it directly as he/she sees the answer as obvious.
Rhetorical questions are used to provoke, emphasize or argue.
2. A question that makes you think.
EX: What would the world be like without hamburgers?

5. Analogy
1. A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based.
EX: HAND:PALM and FOOT:SOLE
EX: School uniforms fit like a bag fits my shopping.

6. Personal Experience 1. Something you have experienced yourself.
Ex: I created a petition against uniforms at my school.

7. Examples
1. An instance that is noted to prove or to illustrate a point.
EX: Some public and private schools in Georgia have uniforms.

8. Statistics 1. Numerical facts or data.
EX: Four out of five students disagree with school uniforms.

9. Ticket out the Door
1. DRAPES helps improve your
writing _________ .