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Page 1: USAWC Effective Writing Seminar Lesson One: Organization (2) Dr. Tom Stewart June 2013.

USAWCEffective Writing SeminarLesson One: Organization (2)

Dr. Tom StewartJune 2013

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“I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.”

--James Michener

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Effective Writing SeminarOverview

• Lesson 1—Organization• Lesson 2—Analyze the Question• Lesson 3—Content

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Purposes of Writing

• Research• Analysis• Expository• Persuasive

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Organizing Your Paper

• Before you start– THINK– Develop an outline– The Five Paragraph Essay (HINT: It’s not always

five paragraphs)

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Organizing Your Paper

• INTRODUCTION• BODY• CONCLUSION

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Organizing Your Paper

• Thesis statement• Supporting paragraphs w/topic sentences• Conclusion based on information established

in paper

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Organizing Your Paper

• At graduate level, DON’T SUMMARIZE. DO ANALYZE.

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Getting Started: Exploring Ideas

• Brainstorming• Freewriting• Looping• Clustering• Ask Questions

» From The Everyday Writer, Andrea A. Lunsford

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Steps of the Writing Process

1. Brainstorming2. Freewrite3. Outlining4. Drafting5. Revising6. Editing/Proofreading7. Publishing

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Getting Started: Drafting

• Establish a Working Thesis• Gather information to support your thesis• Write out a plan• Outlines• Write out a draft

» From The Everyday Writer, Andrea A. Lunsford

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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice

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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice1. ACTIVE: The boy walked up the stairs.

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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice1. ACTIVE: The boy walked up the stairs. 2. PASSIVE: The stairs were walked up by the

boy.

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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice

• The case for active voice

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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice

• The case for passive voice

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Active Voice vs. Passive Voice

• What the War College wants: ACTIVE VOICE

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Revising and Editing

Exercise 1-Sentence Combining

1. Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major-league baseball. This happened in 1947.

2. Robinson faced severe racial prejudice. The prejudice was from fans. The prejudice was from players. This happened during that first season.

– From The Writer’s Options (Morenberg/ Sommers)

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Your Work

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