Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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TheWriting Process,Step 3: Writing

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1. lackvocabulary ..
   2.havepoorpronLinciation· •...•
   B. Americansaredifficulttounderstand.


2. useincompletesentences


3. ~se.unclearexpressions


4. talktoofast


5. useslangandidioms
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   communicationwithAmericans.

Withthisoutlineinfrontofyou,it shouldberelativelyeasytowritea paragraph.

Thereis a topicsentence,twomainsupportingpoints,supportingdetails,andsince

thisisa stand-aloneparagraph,a concludingsentence.

Followthethreestepsdescribedaboveanddevelopoutlinesforoneoftheother

groupsfromthebrainstorminglistoncultureshock,classroomenvironmentor

Americanfamilylife.Eachoutlineshouldcontaina topicsentence,mainsupporting

points,andsupportingdetails.

Anoutlineis a formalplanfora paragraph.Youmayneverneedtopreparea formal

outline,butifyoudo,thisis whatonelookslike.

TOPICSENTENCE

Step3 inthe writingprocessiswritingtheroughdraft.Followyouroutlineas

closelyaspossible,anddon'tworryaboutgrammar,punctuation,orspelling.

Aroughdraftis notsupposedtobeperfect.

Aboveall,rememberthatwritingisa continuousprocessofdiscovery.Asyou

arewriting,youwillthinkofnewideasthatmaynotbeinyourbrainstorminglist

oroutline.Youcanaddordeleteideasatanytimeinthewritingprocess.Justbe

surethatanynewideasarerelevant.

Aroughdraftthata studentwrotefromheroutlinefollows.

SUPPORTINGPOINT

SUPPORTINGDETAIL

SUPPORTINGDETAIL

SUPPORTINGPOINT

SUPPORTINGDETAIL

SUPPORTINGDETAIL

SUPPORTINGDETAIL

SUPPORTINGDETAIL

CONCLUDINGSENTENCE

PRACTICE 5

MODEl.:

Outlining

FormalOutline

Step2C:

Outlining