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ANALYZING A PROMPT
Identifying the Purpose or Prompt
TYPES OF ESSAYS
Types of Paragraphs/Essays
PRE-WRITING
Brainstorming/Mapping
Pre-Writing “Brainstorming”
Outlining: Body and Form
Organizing Ideas
You will notice that in the video, she uses sentences instead of keywords. She used keywords in her brainstorming session. Notice that she is having to come up with new supporting ideas, which she did not have on her brainstorming session. This is an advanced writer.
The PDF copy is not interactive, but for reference only. Please refer to the Word Template that was e-mailed to you.
WRITING A DRAFT
Drafts: Hooks and Take-away
Hooks
“How to write a good hook for your essay” – at bid4papers.com (LINK).
Conclusions
“How to write a strong conclusion for your essay” – at bid4papers.com (LINK);
First Draft
EDITING and FEEDBACK
Editing Drafts
RSCC OWL: “Removing Word Clutter” (LINK)
RSCC OWL: “Revision Checklist for Essays” (LINK)
RSCC OWL: “Cohesion” (LINK). (cohesion = “sticks together well”)
PROOFING and SUBMISSION
OTHER HELPS AND EXERCISES
WRITING EXERCISES
(* all downloads with an asterisk are derived from Silva Rhetoricae, Brigham Young University at rhetoric.byu.edu. These forms are handouts I made from their website with my own notes included.)