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Writing Process

Review of the four stages of the writing process.

AB
Stage IPrewriting
Stage IIWriting A Draft
Stage IIIEvaluation and Revision
Stage IVProofreading and Publishing
Three things you choose in stage Itopic; audience; purpose
topicsubject of your paper or essay
audienceto whom you are writing
purposewhy are you writing (for what reason)
purpose 1to share information
purpose 2to express oneself
purpose 3to create literature
purpose 4to persuade
After you choose topic then you must:generate ideas
brainstormingone way to generate ideas
web/mapanother way to generate ideas
list/outlinestill another way to generate ideas
After you generate ideas, you must:Organize information
chronologicaltime order; order of events
categoriesclassfication by type
order of importanceleast important to most important or vice versa
spatialdescription by location
One thing you may do in stage II as you write your draft:add more information as you write
Define evaluationjudging content for value
Define revisionmaking changes to content
Revision technique #1cut (taking out uneeded information)
Revision technique #2add (adding info that helps the paper)
Revision technique #3replace (cutting something, but replacing it with something else)
Revision technique #4reorder (same info, different order)
Judging for sentence variety would be in what stage?stage III-evaluation
judging the thesis statement would be in what stage?stage III-evaluation
In what stage would you correct your spelling?stage IV proofreading
Things you look to correct in stage IV would be:grammar; usage; mechanics
Sharing your writing with the class takes place in which stage?Stage IV


English 9
J R Tucker High School
VA

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