1. Introduction to PaperStructure and the Writing Process
2. What is the subject of your paper? Topic Make sure your topic
matches what is being asked of you in your assignment. Who are you
writing for? Audience Different audiences can change the way you
need to convey your information to your readers. Why are you
writing? To inform your readers? Persuade them? CallPurposethem to
action? A combination of these things? What is the main idea of
your paper, and how will you convey thatThesis Statement clearly
and concisely to your specific audience? What will you use to
support or prove your thesis statement is logicalSupportand
correct? 3. What is the subject of your paper?Make sure your
topicTopicmatches what is being asked of you in your assignment. 4.
Who are you writing for? Different audiences can change the way you
need to convey your information to your readers.Audience You would
explain the death of a dog differently to a young child than you
would to a veterinarian. For academic papers, always assume, if not
told otherwise, that your audience is a general audience of
educated readers. 5. To inform to propose To persuade to express
feelings To entertainto summarize To call readers to action To
change attitudesPurpose To analyze To argue To evaluate To provoke
To recommend To request 6. The answer to the questionyou have
posedThesis The resolution of a problemyou have identifiedStatement
A statement that takes aposition on a debatabletopic 7. Reasons,
Examples,Names, Numbers orSensory Details that proveSupport your
thesis is correct. Analysis that showsconnections between theideas
you present 8. In order to start planning, you must have afirm
grasp on the five elements of yourpaper. Spend time analyzing your
topic, audience,purpose, thesis statement and supportideas this
time spent will save you muchblood, sweat and tears when you write
yourpaper! 9. PlanningEditingShaping RevisingDrafting 10.
Journalistic Questions Who, What, Where, Why & When?Cluster
Maps, Mind Map, Web Visual organization of your ideas. Looks like a
web!Freewriting Dumping all of your scattered thoughts onto a page,
just to get them out there.List A numbered or bulleted list of all
the points or ideas you have knocking around in yourhead.Venn
Diagram Visual representation of the similarities and differences
between two or more ideas orconcepts. 11. Journalistic Questions
Who did this topic impact, happen to? Whoare the authorities on
this topic? What happened? What is the sequence ofevents? What is
the author trying to say? Where did this occur? Why does this
matter? Why did the authorwrite this? Why do these events have
abroader impact? When did this occur? 12. Journalistic
QuestionsTopic: Negative Reaction to thebook Birth of a Nation Who
objected to the film? What were the objections? When were the
protests first voiced? Where were the protests most strongly
expressed? Why did protesters object to the film? How did the
protesters make their views known? 13. Cluster Map, Mind Mapor Web
14. FreewritingTopic: Dogs Dogs are funny and awesome andkind of
gross. Need lots of caredepending on breed. What arecurrent fav.
breeds? Figure out whatkind of specific nutritional carespecific
breeds need or focus on onebreed maybe? 15. ListTopic: How does
serving thecommunity make college students betterpeople?
Volunteered in high school. Teaching adults to read motivated me to
study education. the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself
in the serviceof others Ghandi Volunteering helps students find
interests and career paths. Volunteering as a requirement? Paradox?
Many students need to work to pay college tuition. Enough time to
study, work and volunteer? 16. SquirrelsDogs Have fur Mammals Evil
Have eyesNiceSlightly crazyTakingLoyal over the world 17. Yay!Go
Planyour Paper!
