Welcome to WR95

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Welcome to WR95 CRN 47980 4 credits This
class meets two days a week Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 600-750pm
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Instructor Kathy Hake best way to contact me
hakek_at_linnbenton.edu
subject line WR95 6pm, your name office
hoursTuesdays and Thursdays 530-600pm Lebanon
Center (LC-213) voicemail 541-259-5769 Lebanon
Learning Center writing help (LC-202) Mondays and
Wednesdays 2-5pm Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-6pm
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Writers use creativity
and attention to detail.
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• Constructive Side to Writing
• Revising
• checking main ideas, support,
• organization, etc.
• Proofreading/editing
• word choice, sentence flow,
• spelling, punctuation,
• grammar, formatting, etc.

• Creative Side to Writing
• Brainstorming
• Using sensory details
• Painting pictures with your words
• Organizing flow to guide readers

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• Parts of Speech
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• Noun person, place, thing, idea
• Common noun general (example college)
• Proper noun specific (example Linn Benton
  Community College)
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• Pronoun general references to person, place,
  thing, idea
• (examples she, he, it, they)
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• Subject who or what a sentence is about (a noun
  or pronoun)
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• Verb combines with the subject to make a
  complete sentence
• Action verb what the subject is doing
• Non-action / helping verb examples is, are,
  was, were, has, have, had
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• Parts of Speech cont.
• An Independent Clause (complete sentence) must
  contain a subject and a verb.
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• Writers often use other parts of speech for
  clarity
• Adjective describes a noun
• Adverb describes a verb
• Articles a, an, the
• Prepositional phrase describes where or when
  something happened (preposition. . . noun)
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• The rusty yellow car loudly sputtered down the
  street and lurched around the corner.
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• Four Steps of Writing
• UNITY Begin with a Point
• p.51-53 and p.96-97
• SUPPORT Support Point with Specific Evidence
  p.53-68 and p.98-99
• COHERENCE Organize and Connect the
• Specific Evidence
• p.87-92 and p.100-101
• Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences
• p.102-105 and p.125-238
• page numbers listed here are
  incorrect

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• Four Basis for Revising Writing
• UNITY (p.97)
• Is there a clear opening statement of the point
  of the paper?
• Is the material on target in support of the
  opening point?
• SUPPORT (p.99)
• Is there specific evidence to support the opening
  point?
• Is there enough specific evidence?
• COHERENCE (p.101)
• Does the paper have a clear method of
  organization?
• Are transitions and other connecting words used
  to tie the material together?
• Create Clear, Error-Free Sentences