To help with the pre-writing and writing phases, choose ONE of the following links, read the article there, then summarize in one paragraph and post your summary as comments for this week. Read each other’s summaries so you learn from them as well. You may select the same article link as someone else, but you will need to produce a significantly different summary.
“The Writing Process—time management and general writing guideline” at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/writeproc.html
“Assessing the credibility of online sources” at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/credibility1.html
“Comparison-contrast essays” read sections 1-4 at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html
“Strategies for writing a conclusion at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html
“Developing an introduction—the Top Down Model” at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/intro.html
“Thesis statement” at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html
“Transition cues” at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/transitioncues.html
“Strategies for reducing wordiness” at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html
“Using specific, concrete details” at
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/sensorydetails.html
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The article on specific details was very informative. Emphasis on details rather than just a vague statement about an event or idea is a very important part of effective communication.
The article on the writing process was done well. It emphasized the fact that all steps of the the writing process are equally important. Remember to take your time and evaluate when typing and proofreading.
I liked the "conclusion strategies" site it was very informative. I have always had troubles with coming to conclusions and this will really help me in the future as well.
The comparison and contrast site gives you the steps to writing a good comparison and contrast essay.
Strategies for Reducing Wordiness. 1. Eliminate language after writing rough draft. 2. Take a break before editing. 3. Learn your wordiness patterns. 4. Omit “this” from the beginning of sentences. 5. Change “it” or “that” to an “ing” word. 6. Omit “which” or “that” when possible. 7. Replace passive verbs with active verbs. 8. Change “it” or “was” to a strong verb when occurring alone. There were five more points I had on here, but in the spirit of eliminating wordiness, I took them off. :)
Wordiness comes from struggling to produce, clarify ideas or when you’re tired and not thinking clearly. Try to avoid using wordiness like “it is”, “there is”, and “there are” at the beginning of a sentence. Change “which”, “that”, to an “-ing” word or eliminate it all altogether. Replace “this” with a comma, and you don’t need to use “is” and “was” if a strong verb is present. You should replace “should’, “would”, and “could” with strong verbs, substitute strong verbs with “-tion” and “-sion” words when possible. Try to use word modifiers in place of prepositional phrases when you can. Last but not least you can combine two closely related short sentences by omitting one of them. This link is extremely helpful. Please take a look.
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Reading a sentence or even story using the RENNS method of writing is much more enjoyable than just reading vague to the point works. I myself am going to try to write with more detail in the future.
Using vague comments do make your point unclear. After reading the examples it shows how much better the writing can be by being more specific with the entries.
The article I read was Developing an Introduction: The Top-Down Model. In this article showed a model in how to get a good introduction to a paragraph. It starts out with the main idea, into a more specific main idea, until you have your thesis statement. This article explains what exactly you have to do to write an introduction. It explains that there is no right form for an introduction, but there are examples of common forms writers use. The introduction basically helps in talking about the thesis statement at the end of the introduction paragraph.
The article on transition cues is written with many examples that explain what they are referring to explicitly. Giving examples of each transition is very helpful in understanding the meaning of the transition. A transition leads the reader to understand the function and importance of the transition. Transitions must also have organization in the material you write. This organization presents the different parts of written material and the relationship between the different parts of written material.
The article about the writing process was very helpful to me. It gave me the know how to write a good paper. It even gave a time table to help a person get an idea of how long it should take to write a paper. It went through every step a person should take to research, start and finish a paper.
The article on starting an introduction was well put together. I liked the fact that it took and broke it down starting from the top. It helped me a lot by reading it.
The article on the writing process was very well written. It showed us that all steps of the writing process are necessary. As well as equally important. We just have to remember to take our time and profread what we have done.
The writing process site, is a great outline for how long you should allow yourself to write certain paper. It is also very helpfull by listing the steps you need to take in order to write a successful paper.
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