ENC 1102
Reading and Writing Process
Three Categories of Writing
• Exposition
– Informative
• Argument
– Persuasive
• Expressive
– Emotional and Pensive
The Communications Triangle
Reading as Re-creation
• Meaning
– The author’s intended meaning
• Significance
– The particular relevance for each reader.
Inferences
• Indeterminacies
– Passages open to various interpretations.
• Gaps
– Things left unsaid in the story.
• Consistency building
– The process of compiling details to make sense of
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Close Readings
• Read with a pen or pencil in hand.
• Make notes in the margins as you read.
• Underline words you do not know.
Identifying your Audience and
Purpose
• Audience
– For whom is the author writing?
– Is the audience familiar with the work?
• Purpose
– Why has the author written a piece of
literature?
– Is it meant to entertain, inform, or persuade?
Brainstorming
• Focused Free Writing
• Listing
• Asking Questions
• Keeping a Journal
• Arguing with Yourself: Critical Thinking
• Arguing a Thesis
Drafting Your Argument
• Take notes
• Organize them into an outline
• Revising an Argument
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Unity
Organization
Clarity
Polish
Editing
• Outline an Argument
• Peer Editing
Overview of the Final Draft
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Title
Introductory paragraph
Organization
Brief quotations
Analysis
Present tense
Concluding paragraph
No typographical errors