chapter 1. making discoveries
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CHAPTER 1. MAKING DISCOVERIES. Expository Writing. Writing, pp. 2-11. Find a territory. Ask interesting questions Use strategies for finding a topic Take inventory when you have a topic Brainstorm Write nonstop Use guides Make an idea map. Ask interesting questions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CHAPTER 1. MAKING DISCOVERIES
Expository WritingWriting, pp. 2-11
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Find a territory Ask interesting questions Use strategies for finding a topic Take inventory when you have a topic Brainstorm Write nonstop Use guides Make an idea map
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Ask interesting questions Focus: What you want to know about Find out: Where experts disagree Analyze: How current trends are being
explained Examine: Proposals to solve problems Compare:Claims and reality
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Use strategies for finding a topic Personal Work Community/church Nation/world
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Take inventory when you have a topic Journalists’ 5W and H:
1. Who? 2. What? 3. When? 4. Where? 5. How? 6. Why?
Writing, p. 65
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Brainstorm Sentence length Paragraph length Word choice Relationship with reader
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Write nonstop
Focused freewrite Do not stop to correct Keep writing But stay on topic Underline key ideas Choose one key idea and write again
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Use guides Library subject search Online search engines
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Make an idea map Start with general subject Branch out into categories Generate topics about each category Select sections
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CHAPTER 2. READING TO EXPLORE
Expository WritingWriting, pp. 12-21
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Become a critical reader Where did it come from? What does it say? Can you trust the writer? How does it work?
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Look with a critical eye What is the context and purpose of the
visual? Who is the intended audience? Who produced the images?
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Read actively Annotate what you read Annotate difficult readings Map what you read Make notes
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Respond as a reader Make notes Write summaries Build on what you read
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Use a discovery technique Journalists’ 5Ws and H Brainstorm Write nonstop Make an idea map
Choose a topic for a causal analysis and use one of these discovery techniques to write. You have 15 minutes.