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Types and Process of Essay Writing

This document discusses the academic essay writing process. It outlines common types of essays such as persuasive, argumentative, comparative, descriptive, and evaluative. The document focuses on persuasive/argumentative essays which make a claim backed by evidence, and descriptive essays which explain the details of a topic. It describes the writing process including invention, collection, organization, drafting, revising, and proofreading. Invention involves brainstorming topics. Collection is gathering research. Organization uses outlining to structure ideas. Drafting, revising, and proofreading develop the essay. The writing process helps writers organize their thoughts and use time efficiently to avoid frustration.

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Types and Process of Essay Writing

This document discusses the academic essay writing process. It outlines common types of essays such as persuasive, argumentative, comparative, descriptive, and evaluative. The document focuses on persuasive/argumentative essays which make a claim backed by evidence, and descriptive essays which explain the details of a topic. It describes the writing process including invention, collection, organization, drafting, revising, and proofreading. Invention involves brainstorming topics. Collection is gathering research. Organization uses outlining to structure ideas. Drafting, revising, and proofreading develop the essay. The writing process helps writers organize their thoughts and use time efficiently to avoid frustration.

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Academic Essays

Antonio Bota, 2008

There are many types of Essays. The most common are:

Antonio Bota, 2008

Common Types of Essays


Persuasive

/ Argumentative Comparative Descriptive Evaluative Narrative


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In this class we will focus on:

Persuasive

/ Argumentative

Descriptive
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Persuasive / Argumentative

Makes a claim or takes a position and backs it up with statistics, expert opinions, and other evidence.

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Descriptive

Explains the what, why, how, when, and wheres of a topic. For example, a descriptive essay about a tree would explain what its made of, why it grows, when it grows, and so on.

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Before start Writing.


Devise a game plan: schedule the writing process

Ask questions to explore your rhetorical situation:

The Writing Process


Finding Your Focus

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Why do you need a writing process?


It can help writers to organize their thoughts. It can help writers to avoid frustration and procrastination. It can help writers to use their time productively and efficiently.

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Writing process
Invention Collection

Organization
Drafting Revising Proofreading
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Invention: coming up with your topic


Brainstorming:
Getting

your ideas on paper so you can give yourself the widest range of topics possible

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Brainstorming: coming up with ideas that interest you

Listing:
Brainstorming

Paper Topics
Political apathy Animal abuse NFL instant replay Air pollution Telemarketing scams Internet censorship NBA salary caps
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Clustering: mapping out ideas


sportsmanship NBA salary caps animal abuse Flag Burning Amendment

First Amendment

Internet censorship

ME
political apathy NFL instant replay

three-party system

telemarketing scams

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Collection

Gathering ideas Locating and evaluating research Conducting interviews

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Organizing: putting information in an outline


OUTLINE
I. Introduction A. Grab attention B. State thesis II. Body A. Build points B. Develop ideas C. Support main claim III. Conclusion A. Reemphasize main idea

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Drafting
Give yourself ample time to work on your project. Find a comfortable place to do your writing. Avoid distractions. Take breaks.

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Revising: reviewing ideas


Review
Clear

higher-order concerns:
communication of

ideas Organization of paper Paragraph structure Strong introduction and conclusion


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Proofreading
Review

laterorder concerns:
Spelling Punctuation Sentence

structure Documentation style


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Proofreading tips

Slowly read your paper aloud. Read your paper backwards. Exchange papers with a friend. NOTE: Spell check will not catch everything, and grammar checks are often wrong!

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The Writing Process: Find Your Focus

Invention Collection Organization Drafting Revising Proofreading


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