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Principles of writing 1 final
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Undergraduate 1
12/12/2010

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Define the power of reading (memorize): syllabus
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The power of reading and writing lies in making discrimination, in unveiling alternative ways of seeing the world in which we live.
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The surest way to improve your writing (memorize): syllabus ?
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The surest way to improve your writing is to ground your essay in questions or problems that will motivate your thinking and help establish a purposeful relationship with your audience
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Writers of thesis based prose seek?(memorize): syllabus
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Writers of thesis-based prose seek a final product that poses a good question, has an engaging thesis and supports that thesis with strong arguments and convincing details
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Define and identify a dependent clause
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Dependent Clause: contains a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought, can not stand alone as a sentence
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Define and identify a independent clause
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Independent Clause: contain a subject a predicate and expresses a complete thought; it can stand alone as a complete sentence
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semicolons
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Semi Colons: independent clause followed by a conjunctive adverb, separate items in a series when they contain commas
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colons
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Colons: Pause that anticipates further information
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comma usage
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Commas: Separate items in a series, set off additional information, come before a conjunction.
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Connotation and denotation of words
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Denotation-direct meaning or a dictionary definition
Connotation-emotional association with that word
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Three ingredients of a good question
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1) Problematic2) Significant 3) Interesting
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Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of open and closed forms of writings. Be able to apply this knowledge.
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Closed- thesis; explicit; thesis is organized; paragraph has developed thesis
Open- Story-like narrative, implicit theme, mystery, descriptive, emotional
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Wallowing in complexity
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WIC- reflecting; have an opinion and state it strongly
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Key variables in a writer?s rhetorical context?audience, purpose, genre: know, apply, discuss
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Good writers always pose questions about their purpose, their audience, and their genre
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Purposes of writing: table of contents, chapters 5-16
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To learn, explore, inform, analyze and synthesize, persuade and reflect
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Target Audiences, VALS (Values and Lifestyle System)
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Needs driven consumers, outer-directed, Inner-directed.
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Introduction: two things
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1) Catch the reader’s attention
2) Summarize what the essay is going to be about
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