Writing Process
Organizational Structure
Author's Purpose
Paragraphs
Let's Write
100
Select a topic, brain storm what you will say, decide your audience, organize, and plan your work.
What is pre-writing?
100
Examines how concepts and events are alike and different (signal words used: alike, different, similar, contrary)
What is compare and contrast?
100
The purpose of an editorial; convince others to think as you do
What is persuade?
100
This paragraph consists of the topic sentence, main idea, and hints of what the reader will encounter
What is introduction paragraph?
100
These five steps involve pre-writing, draft, revise, edit, publish
What is the writing process?
200
Look for errors and conventions like: punctuation, spelling, grammar, capitalization, and sentence structure.
What is editing or proofreading?
200
Describes something using details and/or examples (signal words: appears to be, for instance, such as)
What is description?
200
Providing facts and accurate details to readers
What is informative?
200
These help to connect sentences and ideas throughout a written text
What are transition words or phrases?
200
Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and sentence structure
What are conventions?
300
Neat and polished product of your work
What is final draft or publishing?
300
Arranges information into time or is a list of steps in a process (signal words: Next, Finally, While, in the afternoon, first, during the winter)
What is chronological/sequential order?
300
To tell a funny story or tell about a person/place in a funny or interesting way
What is entertain?
300
It summarizes the essay, gives the reader a sense of completion, and restates the writer's main point
What is a conclusion paragraph?
300
Exclamation point, semi-colon, period, comma, colon and question mark
What are punctuation marks?
400
Write out your thoughts and ideas in complete sentences and paragraph format (sloppy copy)
What is a rough draft?
400
Presents a major idea or event and resulting effects (signal words: because of, as a result of, may be due to, therefore?
What is cause and effect?
400
This type of writing includes a claim and counterclaim
What is argumentative?
400
These paragraphs include supporting sentences that helps the reader to understand the main idea
What are body paragraphs?
400
First, third, omniscient (all knowing)
What is point of view?
500
Adding, removing, rearranging, and replacing information
What is revision (revise)?
500
States a problem and give possible solutions (signal words: question is, answer is, to solve this, one idea is)
What is problem and solution?
500
Explains and gives facts and details about a topic
What is informative?
500
These contains quotations, facts, statistics, and expert opinions to support writing
What are citations? or What is text evidence?
500
A group of sentences that tell about one topic or subject area
What is a paragraph?
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