Writing slideshow
- 1. 21 st Century Persuasive Writing Stuart Teicher
- 2. Obstacles
- 3. Distractions
- 4. Thinking Organizing Writing
- 6. Danny Devito and Mini-Me
- 7. The Father of “Plain English” “Rudy F” (that’s what the cool kids call him)
- 9. Rewrite this “The only true victim in this situation would have to be Mrs. Stafford.” “The only true victim in this situation would have to be is Mrs. Stafford.”
- 10. Rewrite this “It is not unlikely that the school will have to close its doors.” “It is not unlikely that tThe school will have to close its doors.”
- 11. Weak words… “stated” or “said” Make them -Proclaimed -Shouted -Declared
- 12. More Intense Nouns Vehicle…sports car…Ferrari Piece of jewelry…family heirloom
- 13. Significant Important Vital
- 14. Pet Peeve
- 15. Action sentences! It is a long standing Years ago the Supreme accepted principle that Court confirmed that no the 5th amendment citizen may be established the right compelled to against self- incriminate themselves. incrimination.
- 17. Brian took her to the sorority mixer. She was taken to the sorority mixer.
- 19. Anatomy of a Persuasive Writing
- 20. Introduction Thesis Present the Position- Facts, Rule Analyze
- 21. Persuade with the Facts How would you rewrite: “Defendant indicated there was a problem with the vehicle” How about… “He admitted that the brakes were broken.”
- 22. Humanize the Characters “My friend saw his daughter at school.” vs. “Bob visited his 5 year old daughter, Maureen, at her Kindergarten class.”
- 24. Let’s eat Grandma. Let’s eat, Grandma.
- 25. Common Comma Conundrums Rule 1: To separate a series. Ex: “I have a syphilis, herpes, and a back ache.”
- 26. Rule 2: Between adjectives Ex: “He is a hairy, ugly man.” But not all…”I want some cold ice cream” • Trick, if you can insert the word, “and” then it gets a comma
- 27. Rule 3: Before Conjunctions FAN BOYS…For, And Nor, But Or Yet So EX: “My wife went to the gym, and I went to Chipotle.” • But not always….There are two sentences— only place it when there are two sentences “I thought of eating salad but ate pizza instead.” • Not two sentences, so no comma • Must be a sentence on BOTH sides of the conjunction
- 28. Comma Rule #4 Separate the excess: Comma off the “not needed” part of the sentence. EX, “The Instructor who is quite handsome always shows up on time.” • Part of the sentence is not needed. Remove that clause....if the rest of the sentence can stand alone without changing the meaning, surround the clause with commas. REVISED: “The Instructor, who is quite handsome, always shows up on time.” • Opposite: “Everyone who is handsome should get a prize”
- 29. Comma Rule #5 Introductory words Use commas after words like “well, yes, no, why, oh” etc., when they begin a sentence EX: “Yes, my Instructor is the most intelligent man I have ever met.”
- 30. Comma Rule #6 Introductory Phrases at the beginning of sentences “Crying at the top of his lungs, the lawyer handed in his opposition papers late.” • TIP: The first word has an -ing or -ed ending... • THEN, Put the comma before the person/thing the sentence describes
- 31. Editing Steps… • Edit the Words • Edit the Sentences • Edit the Paragraphs • Look down from above
- 32. The End