eng 102bc writingprocess pos caps

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Writing Process

Parts of Speech

Capitalization


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Writing ProcessPrewrite

What is your purpose for writing?

How are you going to achieve this purpose?

Who is your reader?

Use journalistic questions Freewriting

Cubing

Webbing/clustering

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Writing Process

Prewrite, Plan

Why create an outline?

Helps to keep track of large amounts of info

Helps organize ideas

Presents material in logical form

Shows relationships among ideas

Defines boundaries and groups


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Writing Process

Prewrite, Plan

2 types of outlines

Topic

Sentence

Outlines should be balanced

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Writing Process

Prewrite Plan

Drafting

Rough draft, early version of final copy


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Writing Process Prewrite

Plan

Drafting

Proofread Peer review grammar and process


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Writing Process Prewrite

Plan

Rough draft

Proofread

Publish

All done! Final copy


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Basic MLA format Must be typed, double-spaced, one sided,

stapled Only one space after punctuation

1 inch margins, Times New Roman, 12 pointfont

Title centered

Include heading Your name

Instructor name Class

Due Date

Page number in upper right hand corner


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Parts of SpeechNoun

name of a person, place, thing, or concept

The best part of dinner was the chefs newestdessert.


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Parts of SpeechPronoun

word used in place of a noun

We were intrigued by the video that the fifthgraders produced as their final project.


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Parts of SpeechVerb

usually expresses action or being

There were fifty apples on the tree before the frostkilled them.


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Parts of SpeechAdjective

modifies a noun or pronounusually answers questions such as

Which one? What kind? How many?

Articles a, an, and the also adjectives

The decision was unpopular.

A defendant should be judged on the evidenceprovided to the jury, not on hearsay.


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Parts of SpeechAdverb

modifies a verb , an adjective, or an adverbusually answers questions such as

When? Where? Why? How? Under what

conditions? To what degree?

Pull firmly on the emergency handle.

Be extremely kind, and you will probably have manyfriends.


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Parts of SpeechPreposition

indicates the relationship between the noun orpronoun that follows it and another word in thesentence (pg. 380)

The road to the summit travels past craters froman extinct volcano.


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Parts of SpeechConjunction

connects words or word groups

She ran to the car, and he drove away.


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Parts of Speech ActivityFreewrite write about given topic for five minutes

without stopping or paying attention to grammar ormechanics

Call-Out incorporate the words called out into yourfreewrite

Topic: Are you for or against the death penalty?


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Parts of Speech ActivityTopic: Are you for or against the death penalty?

Leprechauns

Orange

Hump dayCornstarch

Skittles

Camel

Over-thinking

Ambivalent (having mixed feelings aboutsomethingunable to choose)


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Capitalization

Always capitalize the first word in adirect quote.

The manager yelled, be quiet or get

out!When a quote is broken, the second

part is not capitalized unless it is a

new sentence.

Lets not, he stated, Make any quickdecisions.


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Capitalization

Capitalize a persons name (or initials)

and any title that comes before thename.

At that point senator h.b. Jones anddoctor joyce ray entered the room.

Always capitalize the days of the week

and months of the year. Do NOTcapitalize the seasons.

His birthday is friday, october 2, but

mine is in the Summer.


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Capitalization

Always capitalize the names of races,

nationalities, languages, andreligions.

The african american man was a baptistand the spaniard was a catholic.

Capitalize words describing the Deity

God, the Savior, the Lord, Jehovah and holy books

Catholics study the bible.


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Capitalization

Do not capitalize the nonspecific use of

the word god.The word polytheistic means theworship of more than one God.

Always capitalize geographical areas,but not directions.

He found the pace of life slower in thesouth than in the north.

He was traveling South on the

interstate.


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CapitalizationCapitalize the first word and other

important words in the name ofabook, play, poem, or song.

Jerrys favorite book is the catcher inthe rye.

Capitalize the name of historic events

and periods. Do not capitalize centurynumbers.

It is often said that the second world

war ushered in the atomic age.


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CapitalizationCapitalize the names of specific

buildings, specific places, specificorganizations, and specific things.

Radio city music hall is located in newyork city.

G k


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Grammar Task1. Rank the five stages of the writing process in

order of which you find the least to most difficult

and explain why.

2. In freewrite, circle and label one example of each

part of speech. (noun, verb, pronoun, adjective,adverb, conjunction, and preposition)

3. Write one sentence illustrating eachcapitalization rule (there are 7).


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For Thursday...

Read Behrens Chapter 3

1. What is a thesis statement? What is its purpose?

2. What are the components of a thesis statement?

3. What is a working thesis? What is its purpose?

4. Name and describe three types of thesisstatements.

5. What are some strategies for writing anintroduction?

6. What are some strategies for writing a conclusion?

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