Notes, Notes, and more notes.

Writing Process-

A set of steps that writers go through to complete any finished piece-  recursive.

Invent-            Make up ideas.  (talk, journal, listen, watch, read)

Organize-       Plan our work, work our plan.

Draft-             Write the essay without worrying.

Revise-            Look again at what we did, sentences, voice,

                organization, words.

Edit-               Fix the grammar.

Publish-          Means perfect.

6 Traits-

The six traits of good writing.

Voice-             The unique way you sound.

Ideas-              What it’s about.  Should be interesting to others.

Conventions- Grammar.

Organization- Logical and understandable to the reader.

Word Choice- Finding the best word possible.

Sentence Flow-The way the sentences sound together- mix

TAP

Topic-             What it’s about.

Audience-       Who it’s for:  general, academic, audience

Purpose-         Why you’re writing it.  Convince, Prove, Demonstrate, Connect, Entertain, etc.

Common Grammar Mistakes-

Run On (RO)-                 I love tacos they are good.    

Comma Splice (CS)-      I love tacos, they are good.

Fragment (Frag)-            I love tacos because they.

PNA (PNA)-                   I love tacos because it is good.

Parallelism (Para)-          I like to eat tacos, make tacos and cooking tacos

SVA (SVA)-                   I likes to eat tacos.

Tense Shift (TS)-            I like tacos because they tasted good.

Sentence Types-

Simple-                           I like tacos

Compound-                    I like tacos, and I like salsa

Complex-                       I like tacos because they are good.

Compound Complex    I like tacos, and I like salsa because

they are good.