OnlineEng100BC WritingProcess MLA Paragraphs Narrative FA14

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Writing Process

Basic MLA

Paragraph Writing

Narrative Writing


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Submit Writing Samples


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BOTH SECTIONS OF YOURFINAL!!!


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Writing ProcessPrewrite

What is your purpose for writing?

How are you going to achieve this purpose?

Who is your reader?

Use journalistic questions Freewriting

Cubing

Webbing/clustering

ListingMore prewriting questions -http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/673/03/
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Writing ProcessPrewrite, Plan

Why create an outline?

Helps to keep track of large amounts of info

Helps organize ideas

Presents material in logical form

Shows relationships among ideas

Defines boundaries and groups


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Writing ProcessPrewrite, Plan

2 types of outlines

Topic

Sentence

Outlines should be balanced

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english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20081113013048_544.pdf
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Writing Process Prewrite

Plan

Drafting Rough draft, early version of final copy


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Plan

Drafting

Proofread

Peer review grammar and process


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Plan

Drafting

Proofread

Publish

All done! Final copy


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Basic MLA format Must be typed, double-spaced, one sided,

paperclipped I want typed, double-spaced, double sided, stapled

Only one space after punctuation

1 inch margins, Times New Roman, 12 point font Include heading

Your name

Instructor name

Class Due Date

Last name and page number in upper right hand corner

Title centered


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Sample page 1http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090701095

636_747.pdf
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Parts of a Paragraph

A paragraph has three necessary parts:Topic sentence

1 sentence

Body

Minimum 5 8 sentences

Concluding sentence1 sentence


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The topic sentence States the main point

Is (often) the first sentence of the

paragraph


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The body -Supports (shows, explains, or proves)

the main point with supporting

sentences that contain facts anddetails.


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Supporting Your Point

Two types of support Primary support

Major ideas to back up main point

Secondary support

Gives details to back up primarysupport


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BEWARE!!!

Dont confuse repetition with supportThe amount shown on my bill is

incorrect. You overcharged me. Itdidnt cost that much. The total is

wrong.

The amount shown on my bill is

incorrect. I ordered the bacon-cheeseburger plate, which is $6.99 onthe menu. On the bill, the order iscorrect, but the amount is $16.99.


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Basics of good support

Relates to main pointCreates support that shows readerswhat main point means

Is detailed and specific

View handout paragraph with primary and paragraph with primary & secondary support


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Selecting Primary Support

Carefully read ideas generatedthrough prewriting technique

Select 3 5 primary support points

Should be clearest and most convincing,providing best examples, facts, andobservations

Cross out ideas not closely related tomain point

If not enough support remains, prewritemore


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Adding Secondary Support

Flesh out best primary support points Specific examples

Facts

observations


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The concluding sentence -Reminds readers of the main point

(topic sentence)

often makes an observation

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OutliningI. Topic Sentence

Training for success in a marathon demands several

important steps.II. Body

A. Runners should first get a schedule developed bya professional running organization.

1. These schedules are available in bookstores oron the Web.

2. A good one is available atwww.runnersworld.com.

3. All of the training schedules suggest startingtraining three to six months before themarathon.

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OutliningII. Body

B. Runners should commit to carefully followingthe schedule.

1. If they cannot stick to it exactly, they needto come as close as they possibly can.

2. The schedules include a mixture of longand short runs at specified intervals.

3. Carefully following the training schedulebuilds up endurance a little at a time so that

by the time of the race, runners are lesslikely to hurt themselves.

4. The training continues right up until thestart of the marathon.

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OutliningII. Body

C. On the night before and the morning of thebig day, runners should take special steps tomake sure they are prepared for the race.

1. The night before the race, they should eatcarbohydrates, drink plenty of water, and geta good nights sleep.2. On the day of the marathon, runnersshould eat a light breakfast, dress for the

weather, and consider doing a brief warm-upbefore the races start.

3. Before and during the race, they shoulddrink plenty of water.

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OutliningIII. Concluding Sentence

Running a marathon without completing theessential steps will not bring success; instead itmay bring pain and injury.


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Presentation Rubric


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Writing NarrationWhat is narration and its elements?

Telling of a story

Essential elements

Series of events arranged in an order

Plot Told by a narrator

POV 1st, 3rd

Specific purpose

Controls narrative and detail selection I am telling this story because...


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Writing NarrationWhat are common forms?

(Third common)

Fictionalized narrative

Author invents characters and plot

Purpose to scare, puzzle, think about a situation,ponder course of action


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(Second common)

Here-is-what-happened narrative

Typical in newspapers and histories

Require research Omniscient narrator not part of the story

Purpose to inform reader or provide information


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(Most common)

Personal experience narratives

Writer is narrator

Tells personal true event Purpose is to share an insight with reader a

realization, a sudden understanding, an awareness


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Writing NarrationWhat do you include?

Do not include every single detail

Choose details that correlate with purpose

Cut out unnecessary, uninteresting, and

redundant details


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WritingHow is a narrative structured?

Chronological order

Flashback

Do not switch time too frequently

Make sure switches are clear In media res

Change or modify

Heighten tension

Make purpose clearer


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WritingHow does one end a narrative?

Reflect reason or purpose for telling story Joke ends with punch line to make audience laugh

Significant event leads to moment of insight

Historical event ends with summary statementrelating its significance


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WritingHow does one tell a narrative?

Choose point of view

Personal experience narratives 1st person,narrator is in story

Limited only narrators thoughtsOmniscient all-knowing, everyones thoughts

Historical narratives & illustrative narratives 3rd

person, speaker stands outside the narrative and

provides objective view


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WritingHow does one tell a narrative?

Show vs. tell

Showing

dramatizing scene and creating dialogue

makes more vivid, allows reader to experiencescene directly

Telling

summarizing what happened

permits greater number of events and detailsOkay to use a mix


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WritingHow does one write dialogue?

Creates an illusion of speech Real conversation is longer, slower, more boring

Must recognize when it can play an important role

in story Use sparingly

Too much can slow down action of story

Purpose is to reveal character or generate tension


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WritingHow does one revise a narrative?

Prune unnecessary detail Write purpose

Test every included detail

Make structure clear Ask readers to create a chronological timeline

Differentiate between showing and telling

Look for moments in which dramatization

(showing) might be particularly effective Conclusion

Is it flat or does it lead up to a climactic moment?


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Score this presentation


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Narrative Prewriting Play Pointing Fingers!


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Cluster


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Narrative PlanI. Topic sentence (Whats

important about theexperience)

II. Body

A. first major event

1. detail

2. detail

B. second major event

1. detail2. detail

C. third major event

1. detail

2. detail

III. Conclusion(Reminds readers ofmain point andmakes an

observation basedon it


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Example Outline

I. After being caught shoplifting, I never did itagain.

II. Body

A. It was at Kings Dominion.

1. It is an amusement park.2. I was on vacation in Virginia.

B. & C. follow format for A

III. Although I had shoplifted many times beforethis, being caught one time scared me enough tostop.


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Online...

View PowerPoint about Shifts, Pronoun & AntecedentAgreement, Pronoun Reference, Pronoun Case

Wednesday...

Study for quiz #1 (parts of speech, active/passive verbs, ending in

prepositions, shifts, pronoun & antecedentagreement, pronoun reference & case)

Read chapter about description writing

Attempt a cluster/web for narrative

Attempt to outline narrative

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OnlineEng100BC WritingProcess MLA Paragraphs Narrative FA14