Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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collegehasa bigparkinglotacrossfromthewestsideofcc:mpus,butitis

alwaysfull.Somanytimesstudentshavetoparktheircarsintheresidential

areas,whichcanbesofarawayfromthecampusthattheyhavetoruntoclass

tomakeit.Yes,parkingisa bigproblemthatmanystudentsfa.ceeveryday.

I haveacar,andmanyofmyfriendshaveone.Wereallyhavea problem.So

I thinkthebiggestproblematEvergreenCollegeisnotenoughparkingspaces

nearthecollegecampus ...

J\ppendix1\ ITheProcessofAcademicWriting 269

Brainstormbyfreewritingononeofthefollowingtopics.

Clustering

Clusteringis anotherbrainstormingactivityyoucanusetogenerateideas.Tousethis

technique,first,writeyourtoplcinthecenterofyourpaperanddrawa "balloon"

aroundit.Thisisyourcenter,orcore,balloon.Thenwritewhateverideascometo

youinballoonsaroundthecore.Thinkabouteachoftheseideasandmakemore

balloonsaroundthem.

Forexample,supposeyouarewritingaboutthechangestechnologyis makingin

thewaywecommunicate.Usingtheclusteringtechniquetogetideas,youmightend

upwiththefollowing.

Thestudentcandothisfreewritingactivityseveraltimesuntilhehasenough

materialtodevelopintoa paragraphoressay.

Afterhefinishedfreewriting,thestudentrereadhispaperandcircledthemain

ideas,oneofwhichhewillconsiderasthemajorproblemat EvergreenCollege.

Let'ssaythatthestudenthasdecidedtochooseparkingasthemajorproblemat

EvergreenCollege.Nowthatthestudentknowsthetopichewantstowriteabout,

hewillagainbrainstormbyfreewriting,thistimeontheparkingproblemonly.His

freewritingpapermightlooklikethis.

MODEl...

PRACTICE 3

Brainstorming

byFreewriting

FreewrWng 2