Prewriting
Gathering
Details
Form - how organized
Physical characteristics
- breaks
- title
- paragraphing
- capitalization
- italics
- punctuation
Allusions
Plot
Characters
Setting
Point of View
Style, tone, language
Symbolism, Allegory
Images
Theme
Methods
- Previewing
- Highlighting
- Annotating
- Journal Writing
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Focused
Prewriting
Discovering a
purpose
or
Developing
Details
Patterns
- Enough Evidence
- No Contradictory Evidence
Literary Criticism
Methods
- Options for Topics
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(Kirszner and
Mandell 31-2)
- Brainstorming
- Group Lists
- Scratch Outlines
- Thesis Exploration
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Drafting
Selecting/Organizing
Details to Fit
Some Purpose
Purpose or Thesis
- Meaning
- Purpose
- Significance
- Value
Method
- Freewrite using prewriting and focused prewriting notes
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Revision
Making Effective:
Sharpen Purpose
or
Sharpen Details
Purpose
- Thesis
- Carefully and precisely worded
- Point worth making
- Comprehensive
- Focused to manageable limits
- Details
- Appropriate
- Sufficient
- Specific and Concrete
- Summarizing key events
- Quoting dialogue or description
- Describing characters or setting
- Paraphrasing key ideas
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Editing
Making Effective:
Style, Form, and
Language
Introduction
- Interesting
- Clear purpose
- Specific work(s)
- Particular point
Body
- Topic Sentences
- Direction of ideas
- Relationships or Links between ideas
- Transitions
- Accurate relationships
- Clear relationships
- Language
- Clear
- Appropriate
- Formal diction
- Sentence variety
- Present tense
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(Past tense only used for historical events or actions which occurred prior to the action in the
story)
- Conclusion
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Proofreading
Making Effective:
Format
Mechanics
- Titles of works
- Names of Authors
- 1st - First and Last
- Then - Last only
- No titles
- Literary Terms used correctly
Documentation
Standard Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
Appearance
- Neat
- Headings
- Margins
- Typed (out-of-class)
- Handwritten on white lined notebook paper (in-class)
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