T.E.X.I.T.Alisa Daniel

EQ: How can T.E.X.I.T. help me to write a complete

piece?

Talk About

• GO! Write a TOPIC sentence or THESIS statement.

This is what you are GOING to TALK ABOUT.

This is your lead and purpose for writing.

Explain and Clarify

Slow down! EXPLAIN and CLARIFY your TALK

about sentence with one important detail or clarification

statement. Because…What I mean by that…In other words…

eXemplify/eXamineSTOP!

Support the one important detail by giving specific examples through examination of evidence, emotion, experience, event, elaboration, etc.

SHOW

Demonstrate what you know with as many sentences as necessary to support your topic. Make your support interesting and believable. You may express yourself with words like For example… The author states…In the text… According to…

Illustrate/Analyze/Construct

INTEGRATE/ANALYZE/CONSTRUCT

Integrate a connection to another idea or context that will connect and further analyze the two ideas through an analogy, simile, or metaphor.

Tie upTIE UP YOUR IDEA!

And get ready to move on.

Remind your audience of what you are talking about.

TIE back to your TOPIC or TIE to the FUTURE.

This is your conclusion that makes the piece feel finished.

T.E.X.I.T

•Talk about

•Explain and Clarify

•eXemplify and eXamine

•Illustrate/Integrate /Analyze

•Tie up

EQ: How can T.E.X.I.T. help me to

navigate through the

“traffic of writing?”