Step One: Explore Youre Choices Flashcards
What is expressive writing?
In expressive writing,writers communicate thoughts,feelings and personal history.
•expressive writers use the word I a lot.
No matter what you’re writing about your audience influences how you write.
What four questions should you ask yourself?
- Who are my readers?
- What do they need to know about my topic?
- What do they know about my topic?
- How do they feel about my topic?
What is informative writing?
•Tells how something works, how you can do something, what something looks like, how to things are alike or different, or what the cause or outcome of and event is.
What is persuasive writing?
• Attempts to change a reader’s opinion or convince them to take a particular action.
What does it mean to brainstorm?
• When you brainstorm, you list all the thoughts that come to your head on a topic you don’t know if the ideas are good or bad you just write them down.
What is free writing?
• Writing for a specific period of time without pausing. This helps you develop fluency as a writer.
What is clustering?
• Similar to brainstorming, but you draw a cluster of those ideas.
What questions should you ask while writing?
- who
- what
- when
- where
- how
- why
What do you do when you research?
• You can do first-hand or primary research by surveying or observing people you can do secondhand research by reading articles and books or websites on your topic never copy and paste your paper. Always quote your sources.
What do you do when you consult with others?
• Consulting with people who know about your topic is an excellent way to gather information and interesting details for your paper.
Why should you relate aloud?
•So you can get other peoples feed back.
