Précis Writing Project Précis writing is one style of writing that students will work on throughout this school year. What is a précis? “A well-written précis should be a … substitute for the original work. The goal is to preserve the core essence of the work in a manner that is both clear and concise. At a minimum‚ the précis should include the topic or main thesis‚ the purpose of the research‚ what was studied‚ what methods were used‚ what results (or insight) were gained‚ and a conclusion
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Proforma for Work Assignment Semester: June - September 2013 Validating University: University of Plymouth Programme: Bachelor’s Degree Extended Programme – Level 0 Module Title: Academic Writing Lecturer: Anna Zimmerman Assessment Task: You are to write and deliver a speech (between 750 and 1000 word) as if you were either David Cameron‚ or Barack Obama. This can be on any topic‚ real or imagined‚ but you must write as if you were the President or Prime Minister‚ not as yourself
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Relationship with Writing In the past‚ I was an avid reader and writer. My passion in life was applying my thoughts to paper and using my creativity to capture an audience while relaying information and presenting ideas to an audience. However‚ over the years‚ other obligations moved both reading and writing to the back burner. Now that I have returned to school‚ writing is a requirement. It is time that I dust myself off and get back on the horse. It is time to rebuild my relationship with writing. In order
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Explain why the writing skill is often perceived to be the most difficult language skill to master. To what extent can a genre approach to teaching writing help students master the skill of writing? Illustrate your answer with reference to teaching materials and specific teaching contexts. 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Information English as a language with “special role” has own a world-wide status‚ by either regarded as the official language or taught superior to other languages as second
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The Writing Process The Writing Process The Five Steps of the Writing Process The Five Steps of the Writing Process * * The Five Steps of Writing There are five steps to the writing process. They are as follows: pre-writing‚ outlining‚ rough draft‚ revising‚ and editing. Pre- writing Pre- writing is the first step of the writing process. Pre-writing has four strategies to writing‚ using experiences and observations‚ reading‚ freewriting‚ and asking questions. Normally
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JIBAN- RASSUNDARI DEVI Q) How far is the narrator in ’Amar Jiban’ critical of patriarchal practices/ social oppression of women in the 19th Century. Most of the works of Women Writing in India date from the late nineteenth century‚ when reform movements awarded the ‘condition of women’ top billing among the various social and moral concerns of the day. During the social reform movements cultural critics brought many of the ‘crimes’
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Prof: M Jacob Broderick 9 October 2012 What is behind US Immigration? Illegal immigration has been a huge problem of United States for a long period of time. There are two common ways of how people come to US illegally; first is to cross the border between Mexico and US; second is to overstay when they come to US as a visitor. Why do people want to come to the United States if they are going to be here illegally? Simply‚ because those illegal immigrants want to have a better life than what they have
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been in school‚ my writing has developed greatly. My writing has evolved throughout the years but this semester is when my writing became the best I have seen it. Due to my experience and my evolution of writing‚ my definition of good‚ effective writing may differ from other people’s perspectives. Defining something as “good” can be quite vague in the sense that good means many different things such as desirable‚ righteousness‚ and well. In my first and second “Theory of Writing” paper‚ I stated that
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asks students to develop different techniques used to write in different writing styles. These techniques could be used to write a letter of recommendation‚ a personal statement or a grant proposal. Short assignment one shows that I have demonstrated the strategies proposed by outcome one. I have never written a lyric essay before short assignment one. It was a new experience and definitely helped improve my writing skills. Writing in a new or different genre or context can be difficult but English 131
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The writing process begins the minute you get a writing assignment—whether you are writing a book‚ an essay‚ or a single paragraph. It involves all the activities you do‚ from choosing a topic to turning in a final draft. The phases‚ or stages‚ of the writing process are prewriting‚ drafting‚ revising‚ and editing. Prewriting Prewriting refers to all activities that help you explore a subject‚ generate ideas about it‚ choose a specific topic‚ establish a purpose‚ and analyze the audience for your
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