写作复习资料

What are the 6 strategies involving in prewriting?

①Keep a journal

②Understand the boundaries of the assignment

③Determine your purpose, audience, tone and point of view

④Discover your essay’s limited subject

⑤Generate raw material about your limited subject

⑥Organize the raw material

What might be the 6 measures to generate the raw material?

①Freewrite on your limited subject

②Brainstorm your limited subject

③Use group brainstorming

④Map the limited subject

⑤Use the patterns of development

⑥Conduct research

What are the 3 point of view? Which one is more often used for expository writing?

①The first person

②The second person (more used)

③The third person

What are the 8 patterns of development?

Description; Narration; Illustration

Division-classification; Process analysis

Comparison-contrast; Cause-effect

Definition; Argumentation-persuasion

What are the 2 parts making an effective thesis statement?

①Limited subject;

②Point of view or attitude

What are the 8 types of evidence?

Reasons; Examples; Facts; Details

Statistics; Personal experiences

Anecdotes; Quotations

What are the 6 measures involved in finding evidence?

①Identify at least 3major points that require evidence

②Think about types of evidence used for support

③Generate evidence for each major point by the use of-- Prewriting, research, patterns of development

④Look for evidence that is relevant, specific, adequate, and dramatic

⑤Make sure evidence is accurate, representative, and properly documented

⑥Check that all evidence supports your thesis and that you have enough evidence to be convincing

How can we find a logical framework for our evidence?

①Determine which pattern of development is implied in your evidence

②Select one of your basic approaches for organizing your evidence

③Outline your evidence

What are the 4 general approaches for organizing the supporting evidence in an essay? Chronological; Spatial; Emphatic; Simple-to-complex

What are the 3 measures to organize the evidence?

①Determine the pattern of development appropriate for your evidence

②Select an organizational approach

③Prepare an outline

What are the 9 necessary elements of a complete outline?

Purpose; Audience; Tone; Point of view; Thesis

Pattern of development; Organizational approach; Topic heading; Conclusion

What is the suggested sequence for writing the first draft?