chapter 1. making discoveries expository writing writing, pp. 2-11
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CHAPTER 1. MAKING DISCOVERIES
Expository WritingWriting, 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
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
Use strategies for finding a topic Personal Work Community/church Nation/world
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
Brainstorm
Sentence length Paragraph length Word choice Relationship with reader
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
Use guides
Library subject search Online search engines
Make an idea map
Start with general subject Branch out into categories Generate topics about each category Select sections
CHAPTER 2. READING TO EXPLORE
Expository WritingWriting, pp. 12-21
Become a critical reader
Where did it come from? What does it say? Can you trust the writer? How does it work?
Look with a critical eye
What is the context and purpose of the visual?
Who is the intended audience? Who produced the images?
Read actively
Annotate what you read Annotate difficult readings Map what you read Make notes
Respond as a reader
Make notes Write summaries Build on what you read
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.