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Writing Workshop 1
Effective Transitions
Elements of Writing
Guided Reflection
Table of Contents
Tone
Diction
21 Ways to Avoid the Word “very”
21 Ways to Avoid Saying “a lot”
Avoiding reTIRED words
Words and Phrases to Seek and Destroy
Using Like & This
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EDITING
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Check for smooth transitions,PREVIEW
correct spelling, proper grammar,PREVIEW
capitalization, and
punctuation. Have someone in your group or in the class review your work and make
comments and suggestions. Make any necessary adjustments and corrections based on
peer review.
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Present your paper. Enter an essay competition or submit
it to a literary magazine.
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Who will read your work? What is the audience’s age and education
level? How much does your audience already know about your topic?
What type of language would
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PROFIL
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AUDIE Adults profile to help you tailor
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4. Begin with a literary or famous person's quote. PREVIEW
Example: Hillary Rodham Clinton once said, “There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard.”
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Elaborate
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you continue to draft your body paragraphs, begin to elaborate andPREVIEW
develop your key points
more thoroughly. Add evidence from the text, facts, examples, commentary, and details.
State: PREVIEW
Clearly state the concept. PREVIEW
Elaborate: Clarify the concept in your own words explaining it at greater length.
Elaboration may range from a few sentences to a few paragraphs.
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Exemplify: Provide specific PREVIEW PREVIEW
examples and/or counter examples.
Exemplify: “The more than 30 million children who are growing up in poverty have
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absenteeism and are 1.3 times more likely to have
developmental delays or learning disabilities than those who don’t live
in poverty.” Source: www.dosomething.org/facts, washingtonpost.com
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Identify your claim, evaluate your evidence, and elaborate (commentary). Reorganize & eliminate
unnecessary details.
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A claim statement tells the reader your position on the issue you are writing about. The claim is what will be
supported throughout the essay.
Hypothesis
Main-Idea Thesis
Stand
Backing
Justification Facts
Support
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Commentary explains how the evidence supports the claim and is a reasonable interpretation and analysis of the
facts.
Explanation Examination
Opinion Discussion
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Writing that contains mistakes Separate yourself from your writing. Set your text aside for an
and errors is difficult to read hour, a day, a week before writing and proofing. Some distance
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and distracts the reader from from the text will help you see mistakes more easily.
your message.
Proofread for only one kind of error at a time. If you try to identify
too many things at once, you may lose focus, and your proofreading will become less effective.
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that is to say, in other words, to explain, to clarify
Illustration
Thus, for example, for instance, namely, to illustrate, in other words, in particular, specifically, such as.
Time
After, afterward, before, then, once, next, last, at last, at length, first, second, etc., at first, formerly, rarely,
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usually, another, finally, soon, meanwhile, at the same time, for a minute, hour, day, etc., during the
morning, day, week, etc., most important, later, ordinarily, to begin with, afterwards, generally, in order
to, subsequently, previously, in the meantime, immediately, eventually, concurrently, simultaneously.
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Ways to publish your work: Publishing means
sharing your work.
Submit your assignment to your teacher.
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Reflect on Your Writing
Submit it to a literary magazine.
Each time you complete a piece of writing, you
Post it on your blog.
have the opportunity to learn something
Guest post on another person’s blog. about yourself, your topic, your writing, and
your writing process.
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Benefits of Reflecting
● Contributes to your growth as a writer.
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● Expands literacy and critical thinking skills.
Brainstorm more ways to publish ● Reveals what you know and need to learn
your writing.
● Enhances metacognition, or awareness of
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your thinking processes.
● Identifies writing strategies that work or do
not work for you.
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Guided Reflection
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Writi
flecti
ng Po
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your
rtfolio
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How did your purpose or audience influence decisions you made as a writer?
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What part of the writing process was the most difficult? Most rewarding?
What advice would you give to a friend who had to complete the same
assignment?
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How did the feedback you received help you?
What steps you are going to take on the basis of what you have learned?
What else would you like to add to your reflection?
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MLA stands for Modern Language Association, an academic organization focused on language
and its impact in the world.
□The heading begins with your name, teacher's name, title of course, and the date in the top left
corner of the first page.
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□The first line of each paragraph is indented. PREVIEW
Additional Tips
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□Place one staple in the upper left hand corner. PREVIEW
□Capitalize the first, last, and important words in titles, including the second part of the hyphen-
ated words.
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□The only words which are NOT capitalized in titles are:
▪ article adjectives (a, an, and the),
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▪ coordinating conjunctions, unless they begin or end a title. (but, and, or)
□Do not put a period after a title which makes a complete statement. You should, however, use a
question mark or exclamation point after appropriate titles.
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