Prewriting
- 1. Author’s Purpose • I can identify my intended audience and purpose. • This will allow me to choose specific words, formats, voice, tones, and that match my purpose.
- 2. EASY AS P.I.E. Persuade • Contains mostly opinions. ... Entertain • The author is simply telling a story. ... • Convey a mood. • The author uses imagery and descriptive details to create a certain feeling. ... • Contains many descriptive details (adjectives) and imagery. Inform • Express an opinion • Teach a lesson
- 3. P.I.E
- 5. Pre-Writing • First stage of the writing process • Helps us discover our initial ideas about a subject and put them on paper, though not usually in organized form Common Pre-Writing Strategies 1. Freewriting 2. Brainstorming/Listing 3. Clustering/Mapping 4. Journalistic Questions
- 6. 1. Freewriting • Jotting down all ideas on a particular topic on paper even before researching about it • Does not require complete sentences, proper spelling, or correct punctuation and grammar • About 10 to 15 minutes to write everything that comes to mind even if it doesn’t necessarily make sense yet.
- 7. Freewriting Example (Freewriting of a student who needs to write a paper about the environment): I have to write a paper about the environment. I have no idea where to start! I know there are many problems with the environment, but I don’t know much about this topic. Maybe I could take a look at my biology book to come up with some ideas. I know my biology professor is also really into the environment, so maybe I could ask for his help. I remember he was talking about hybrid cars in class the other day and how much better those are for the environment. What is a hybrid car? I know it uses some sort of alternative fuel and they are becoming very popular. Maybe that is something I could write about…
- 9. Brainstorming/Listing Example (Brainstorming of a student who needs to write a paper about the environment): Environment Problems Future Cars Alternative fuels Hybrid cars Costs Benefits?
- 10. 3. Clustering/Mapping a. Placing the general subject in a circle in the middle of a blank sheet of paper b. Draw other lines or circles that shoot out from the original topic. c. Grouping the ideas that seem to go together
- 11. Clustering/Mapping Example (Clustering of a student who needs to write a paper on the value of a college education)
- 12. 4. Journalistic Questions • Asking and answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the subject • Especially useful when describing a event or writing an information report/essay
- 13. Journalistic Questions Example (Questions of a student who needs to write a report on the political conflict in the Middle East): • Who is involved in the conflict? • What issues most clearly divide those engaged in this dispute? • When did the troubles in the Middle East begin, and how have they developed over time? • Where does the conflict seem most heated or violent? • Why have those living in this area found it so difficult to resolve the situation? • How might this conflict be resolved?
- 14. REMEMBER! • Save all of your prewriting work. • Your prewriting will look very different from your final work.