Lecture Notes English 101

Chapter One THE WRITING PROCESS

Writing Process consists of three stages:

Invention: A. Setting Limits

a. identify length: in pages or in words

b. identify purpose: inform, entertain, persuade

c. audience: general, specific

d. occasion: artificial or real world

e. knowledge on subject

1. journal

2. brainstorm

3. graphic organizers

a. spider mapping

b. clustering

B. Create a Thesis ( main point of essay)

Arrangement: A. Select Mode (and organizational pattern)

Examples of Modes and their organizational patterns:

a. narrative ~ chronological order

b. description ~ spatial order

c. contrast-comparison ~ point by point or subject by subject

d. exemplification ~ topical or emphatic

*Check the texts for additional modes and their organizational patterns

B. Create an outline: formal or informal

With a formal outline always be consistent w/ numbering

and lettering the various sections.

Drafting and Revising: A. Draft

1^st draft should always concern itself w/ content

2^nd draft should address content and sentence structure

3^rd draft should address more sentence structure and other

areas of form such as grammar, spelling, and punctuation