English Composition Class @ LVS Online

Sample Writing Process Work Sheet Analysis
Analyze your writing process and answering the following questions about your essay. Some of the organization will depend on the type of essay that you are writing.
1) Determine your audience(s):
2) Determine the purpose and assignment requirements.
3) Write a thesis statement for the essay. The thesis statement is the core of your essay and the thesis is used to develop the content of the essay. The thesis statement is usually a single sentence that summarizes what you are going to be discussing in the body of your essay; it is usually found as the last sentence of your introduction; and the topics to back up your thesis should be mentioned in the introduction along with the thesis statement.
4) Gather information about the main topics from the thesis statement.
5) Organization of ideas in a logical outline for your purpose, which should be in the same order as you list the topics in the thesis statement.
6) Convert the outline into paragraphs. Each paragraph in the body of your essay needs to focus on one particular point that substantiates the thesis statement. Each paragraph should start with a topic sentence; a concrete example or illustration to back up your assertion; and the paper should be cinematic and specific in regards to the word choices in the essay.

7) Unity and coherence of paragraphs in relationship to the thesis as well as unity within each paragraph.

Make sure you concrete words such as cat, chair, dog, eye patch, front door, hot, leather high heels, leather work boots, nose ring, rocking chair, sailboat, sand paper, specific colors, specific trees or plants, spoon, table, velvet, walking, and so forth because these terms refer to objects or events we can see or hear or feel or taste or smell, their meanings are pretty stable. For example, if you ask me what I mean by the word spoon, I can pick up a spoon and show it to you.

9) Edit sentences for grammatical, mechanics, spelling, and structure.

10) Proofread each sentence and paragraph separately. Try reading your essay out loud because it allows you to notice if you need to clarify a sentences with different word choices, punctuation, and so forth. Also, having a friend or family member read your essays for you will help in several manners because they did not write the essay and they should be able to notice areas in your paper that need clarifying for better understanding and grammatical and mechanical errors easier.

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