Prewriting Strategies Essay
Prewriting Strategies
1. In academic writing, assignments may require students to present the results of their research without including their personal opinion. By avoiding first- and second- person pronouns, and writing in the third person will help one doing so. The use of first- and second- person also gives the writing an informal feel. When writing academically, the writer should always be formal.
2 www.jackiekcooper.com/MovieReviews/Limitless.html
a. In this movie, Jackie Cooper has the starring role and holds his own even in scenes with the legendary star Robert De Niro. In this sentence the adjective legendary describes Robert De Niro.
b. In the film Cooper plays Eddie Morra, a down-on-his-luck aspiring writer. The adjective …show more content…
It is not a great role and De Niro is only adequate in it. The adverb describes how De Niro acted in the role.
f. It is not a great role and De Niro is only adequate in it. The adjective describes the role as not great.
g. In “Limitless” the story centers totally on his character and he rises to the occasion to give the role his all. The adverb describes how the story centers on his character.
h. Eddie may be riding high for a while but there is always that possibility of him falling down or being brought down. The adverb describes how Eddie is riding.
Overall, the critic used the adjectives and adverbs in a very descriptive and effective way.
3 This class has already taught us that although we may have the imagination to write, we have much more to learn about proper academic writing mechanics. The most important lesson we have learned is to proofread carefully. When we first started our studies at the University of Phoenix, we were not aware of the significant difference between academic writing and casual writing. The difference between academic writing and casual writing is becoming clearer to us. The difference between the two is clearest when we receive instructor feedback. We will continue to pay closer attention to details in our writing. This is the way that we will change our focus in the future and also the way we will come closest to achieving our
1. In academic writing, assignments may require students to present the results of their research without including their personal opinion. By avoiding first- and second- person pronouns, and writing in the third person will help one doing so. The use of first- and second- person also gives the writing an informal feel. When writing academically, the writer should always be formal.
2 www.jackiekcooper.com/MovieReviews/Limitless.html
a. In this movie, Jackie Cooper has the starring role and holds his own even in scenes with the legendary star Robert De Niro. In this sentence the adjective legendary describes Robert De Niro.
b. In the film Cooper plays Eddie Morra, a down-on-his-luck aspiring writer. The adjective …show more content…
It is not a great role and De Niro is only adequate in it. The adverb describes how De Niro acted in the role.
f. It is not a great role and De Niro is only adequate in it. The adjective describes the role as not great.
g. In “Limitless” the story centers totally on his character and he rises to the occasion to give the role his all. The adverb describes how the story centers on his character.
h. Eddie may be riding high for a while but there is always that possibility of him falling down or being brought down. The adverb describes how Eddie is riding.
Overall, the critic used the adjectives and adverbs in a very descriptive and effective way.
3 This class has already taught us that although we may have the imagination to write, we have much more to learn about proper academic writing mechanics. The most important lesson we have learned is to proofread carefully. When we first started our studies at the University of Phoenix, we were not aware of the significant difference between academic writing and casual writing. The difference between academic writing and casual writing is becoming clearer to us. The difference between the two is clearest when we receive instructor feedback. We will continue to pay closer attention to details in our writing. This is the way that we will change our focus in the future and also the way we will come closest to achieving our