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Introduction to Writing Skills
Owais Riaz
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What is writing skills?
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Writing skills is a combination of the words andimages you choose, and the types of sentences you
write.
Or
A formal tone, use of the third-person rather than
first-person perspective, clear focus on the issue or
topic rather than the author¶s opinion, and precise
word choice
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Why does writing matter ?�it is a fundamental skill of communication
�it is often the main method by which you will
be assessed
�your work is lost to the world until it ispublished
�the reader needs to understand what youmean
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Cont..
� poor writing is a waste of time and effort forboth writer and reader
� bullet points are easy - writing well is a skill
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Criteria of Good Writing
` Gowers (1986) suggests that writers should criticallyconsider their work and ask themselves whether it meets
certain criteria.
` clear
` simple
` brief
` accurate
`
complete
` correct
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Features of good writing
` Short rather than long(words and sentences)
` Plain language preferred to jargon
` Clarity preferred to ambiguity
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Types of writing
` Narrative writing
` Expository writing
` Persuasive writing
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` Narrative Writing tells a personal or fictional experienceor tells a story based on a real or imagined event
` Expository writing is writing that is designed to convey
inf ormation or explain what is difficult to understand
` Persuasive writing attempts to convince the reader to
accept a particular point of view or to take a specific
action
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It is a learnt skill and,
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`Writersemploying the
f ormal
academic styleavoid jargon,
slang, and
abbreviations
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Examples
Informal writing :
I think he·s a loser
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Formal writing :
Macbeth·s horrific choices cause him to lose
ever y thing he holds dear: children, wife,
friends, crown and king
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The first statement is informal. The writer speaks in the first
person, using the word ³I´, and states an opinion.T
heslang term ³loser´, is used, which is inappropriate in aformal context. They also uses the contraction ³he¶s´. If
this were in the middle of a paragraph, it may be easier tounderstand to whom the author is referring.
Taken as a simple statement, however, it¶s
impossible to know whether the writer thinks his best friend, his dog, or arock star is a loser!
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The second example uses an academic, formal
style. Written in the third-person, the sentence
omits references to the writer and focuses on
the issue. Strong, specific adjectives like³horrific´ convey the author¶s view clearly
without resorting to slang. The use of the colon
creates a strong, formal feel when properly
used here to introduce a list.
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What is plagiarism
Copying of
passages/text/work/
ideas without proper
acknowledgement
of the author. This
includes otherstudents work.
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Getting started
` Find your time
` Find your space
` Brain storming, clustering, mind mapping
` Free writing
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Beginning
` A quotation ² is it relevant
` A question
` An opinion
` An interesting fact
` An irony or paradox
` An analogy
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Bod y
`Your paragraphs should flow
naturally into one an
other andconnections should be made
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Paragraphs
` 7-8 sentences` Each should be topic specific, preferably with an
introductory sentence
` Each sentence state the content/context and then some
supporting example which is where the references comein.
` The last sentence concludes the paragraph and moves to
the next.
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Conclusions
` Don·t introduce anything new
` Draw in the introduction
` Demonstrate a conclusion
` Give the essay a sense of completeness
` Leave a final impression
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