Definition
Activities undertaken before writing begins
Pre-writing
Developing an initial version of your text to organize ideas.
Draft/Drafting
sometimes called response paper
Reaction Paper
Emphasizes the reader’s interpretation and emotional reaction.
Reader-Response
Writing ideas freely without concern for structure.
Freewriting
taking credit for someone else's words or ideas, without adequately citing that source in your paper.
Plagiarism
Anna shares how Coco inspired her and her favorite moments.
Reaction or Review?
Reaction
Analyzes social and class struggles within the text.
Provides a preliminary overview of a proposed project.
Concept Paper
Collaborating with peers to refine and improve ideas.
Workshop
Tom gathers studies about the benefits of meditation and writes about what researchers agree or disagree on.
Reaction or Review
Review
This approach became prominent in the early 20th century, especially in literary studies.
Formalist/Formalism
Evaluates an event, book, or movie.
Review Paper
Expressing the key ideas of a text in your own words.
Paraphrasing
overview of a film, aimed at informing readers about its quality and what to expect.
Part of the concept paper, which gives the overview and purpose
Introduction
A detailed evaluation, often incorporating theoretical frameworks.
Critique Paper
this claim expresses the main idea or argument of an essay or paper.
THESIS STATEMENT
an analysis and summary of a book that provides insight into its content and quality.
Book review
In writing the concept paper, objectives should be what?
SMART