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SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING IN CLASS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TIMED WRITING.
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SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING IN CLASS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
TIMED WRITING
GENERAL TIPS
• Read the prompt carefully and circle key terms.
• Understand what it is asking.
• Identify what questions you are being asked.
• Stay focused on a consistent thesis/central idea
throughout.
KEY TERMS
• Analyze- to separate something into parts and then discuss those parts and their • meanings. • Classify- to arrange into groups on the basis of shared characteristics. • Compare and contrast- to show similarities and their differences. • Criticize- to judge and discuss the merits and faults of your subject. • Define- to explain or identify the nature or essential qualities of your subject. • Discuss- to consider or examine by argument, comment or debate, or to explore • solutions. • Evaluate- to appraise the worth of an idea, comment, etc. and justify your • conclusion. • Explain- to make clear or intelligible something that needs to be understood or • interpreted. • Illustrate- to use specific examples or analogies to clarify or explain something. • Interpret- to define information through an explanation based on personal • opinion. • Justify- showing or proving that something is valid or correct. • Prove- to present evidence that cannot be refuted logically or with other evidence. • Relate- to show the connections between two or more things. • Review- to reexamine, summarize, or reprise something. • Summarize- to briefly repeat the major points of something. • Support- to argue in favor of something.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
• The ability to write quickly and put thoughts into words is called fluency.
• Fluency can be developed with practice.• Keep a journal• Write daily• Understand the subject thoroughly• Reread your notes• You must know – own – the material
BRAINSTORM
• Divide your time between brainstorming, writing, and proofreading• Example:
• 5-7 minutes to free write• 35-40 minutes to write• 5 minutes to read through
• Free association vs. structured outlines• Webbing, listing, free writing, outlining
THESIS
• Answer the prompt directly.• Quick thesis format guide:
• Topic + limited topic + significance = Thesis• Writing + college writing + similar to business writing
• College writing is similar to writing in the business world.• College writing is similar to writing in the business world in three
important ways: Both types of writing must be logical, well developed, and clear.
THESIS
• Use the essay question to help formulate your thesis:
• How did the Crusades affect the economy in Europe?
• The Crusades affected the European economy in four essential ways. • OR• Europe's economy was influenced significantly by the Crusades.
STRUCTURE
• What type of structure is the essay asking for?• Prompts that ask you to compare/contrast:
• Balance the comparison• Compare/contrast on specific points
• Prompts that ask for causes and effects:• Causes – why something happened• Effects – Results
• Prompts that ask how:• Explain how Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power in France.• Make use of descriptive and narrative strategies
STRUCTURE
• Introduction:• Introduce the topic and put the thesis at the end of the intro• An introduction should have any background information necessary for
the reader to understand the topic
• Body• Make sure that each body paragraph relates back to the thesis and has a
strong topic sentence
• Conclusion• Summarize• Reiterate the most important point• Propose a solution• Predict the future
• Do you prove the argument laid out in your thesis?
• What errors are you most likely to make?• Proofread for only
one kind of error at a time.
• Read the paper backwards.
• Read slow, and read every word.
SAVE TIME FOR PROOFREADING