College Writing - Rad

College Writing - Rad

The Writing Process

I. PREWRITING:Gathering Ideas & Information

Thinking

Journaling

Brainstorming

Freewriting

Researching

Talking

Reading

Webbing

Vacuuming

II. WRITING:Organizing Ideas & Information

Graphic Organizers – venn diagrams, webs…

Outlines (see opposite side)

Documentation – leadins, internal documentation, works cited

III. REWRITING:Refining ideas and language

Revising for:

Coherence – everything in essay makes sense

Unity – every idea, example, testimonial, etc. supports thesis

Style – rhetorical devices, purposeful, engaging, and effective

Editing for correctness (spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc.)

Five Paragraph EssayMs. Radlinger

College Writing

Introductory Paragraph: This starts

with a lead or attention getterAttention getter

(question, interesting fact, quote,

anecdote) to gain the reader’s attention.

Slope sentences are sentences slope

which guide the reader from the lead

sentence to the thesis. The last sentence

in the introduction is the thesis, which thesis

is the controlling idea and contains the (topic + attitude + 3 major points)

topics for each paragraph in the

body of the paper.

Body: This contains the three paragraphs.topic sentence

Each paragraph consists of eleven sentences:

a topic sentence supported by three general statement #1

general statements. Each general statement example or A.W.E.

is supported by an example* which is then explanation

supported by an explanation. Finally, the

paragraph ends with the concluding sentence general statement #2

or clincher which ties it all together. Transitionsexample or A.W.E

are crucial to a well written paragraph.explanation

Transitions should be used at the beginning

of 60% of the sentences in a paragraph. general statement #3

Transitions are: first, second, third, for example,example or A.W.E>

in addition, next, finally. Subordinate conjunctionsexplanation

(even though, although, since, if, when)

function as transitions as well.Concluding sentence

*Examples & Internal Documentation

Each body paragraph must contain three specific

examples from your personal knowledge or

research. Information taken from a source

will be written in the form of a direct quote,

summary or paraphrase. Make sure to include

the author & page number in parentheses after

the example (Jones 31).

Concluding Paragraph: This paragraph starts thesis

with a restatement of the thesis sentence. restated

Slope sentences tie the restated thesis to the slope sentences

clincher sentence(s) which refer back to the

lead in the introductory paragraph and closing or clincher

indicate the end of the essay.