What is your writing style?

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What is your writing style?

• How do you draft an essay?
• What are the stages of the writing process?

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The writing process

• Understanding the assignment
• Zeroing in on a topic
• Gathering information
• Organizing the information
• Developing a thesis statement
• Writing the first draft

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The writing process

• Understanding the assignment following
  directions is crucial
• Zeroing in on a topic-
• If you pick your own topic, pick one narrow
  enough so that you can develop it properly.
  (testing athletes for drug use) Avoid sprawling,
  slippery issues
• Avoid overworked topics (legal drinking age)
• Draw upon your unique experiences
• Keep a journal
• Sort out a subject
• Ask questions
• Freewrite
• Narrowing a familiar subject may yield not only a
  topic but also the main divisions for a paper on
  it.

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The writing process

• Gathering information
• Once you have a topic, you will need things to
  say about it- facts, ideas, observations, sensory
  impressions, memories etc.
• Brainstorming yields a set of words, fragments,
  and sentences that will furnish ideas for the
  paper
• Branching a convenient extension of
  brainstorming add details to any item in your
  list

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The writing process

• Organizing the information
• Your topic determines the approach you take in
  narrating a personal experience, such as a
  mishap-riddled vacation, youd probably trace the
  events in the order they occurred.
• Developing a Thesis Statement
• What are the requirements of a good thesis
  statement?

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Thesis

• Presents the main idea of a piece of writing
• Points you in a specific direction, helping you
  to stay on track
• It may develop as you narrow a subject to a topic
• Converting the topic to a question may help you
  write a thesis
• Computerized data storage systems offer business
  enormous storage capacity, cheap, instant data
  transmission, and increased profits.

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Thesis

• Focuses on just one central point or issue
• Centerville College should re-examine its
  policies on open admissions, vocational programs,
  and aid to students.

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Thesis

• Make your choice and draft a narrower statement
• Because of the rising demand among high school
  graduates for job-related training, Centerville
  College should expand its vocational offerings.

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Thesis

• Tailors the scope of the issue to the length of
  the paper
• Many first-year college students face crucial
  adjustment problems.

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Thesis

• Free time is a responsibility that challenges
  many first-year college students.

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Thesis

• Provides an accurate forecast of whats to come
• Overeating stems from deep-seated psychological
  factors and the easy availability of convenience
  foods.
• Overeating leads to obesity, which can cause or
  complicate several serious health problems.
• Which paper focuses on the causes/effects of
  overeating?

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Thesis

• Is precise, often previewing the organization of
  the paper
• New York is a fascinating city
• My paper is about no-fault divorce.

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Thesis

• New Yorks art museums offer visitors an
  opportunity to view a wide variety of great
  paintings.
• Compared to traditional divorce, no-fault
  divorce is less expensive, promotes fairer
  settlements, and reflects a more realistic view
  of the causes of marital breakdown.