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PARTS & SECTIONS

   Click on a title below:

Part I.
Basics/Process

  A. Chapters 1-6:
       Starting

  B. Ch. 7-13:
       Organizing

  C. Ch. 14-20:
       Revising/Editing

Part II.
 College Writing

   D. Ch. 21-23:
        What Is It?

   E. Ch. 24-30:
        Write on Rdgs.

   F. Ch.31-35:
       Arguments

  G. Ch. 36-42:
       Research

   I.  Ch. 49-58:
       Majors & Work

Part III.
 Writing to Literature

 H. Ch. 43-48:
       Literature

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 Study Questions

 

                                                     

Section A. START

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STARTING AS A WRITER

This "Starting" section shows you how to get your writing started.  Some methods are highly informal.  Others are formal.  Ask your teacher what he or she wants, as this often can help you decide how to start.  This section has six chapters in it:

A. "Start" Chapters:

1. How I Learned--4 Stories about Learning to Write

2. Focus--Different Ways Real Writers--and
You--Can Concentrate

3. First Drafts--20+ Ways to Start 1st Drafts

4. Self & Others--Writing Self, Strategies, & Community

5. Modes--8 Traditional & Modern Rhetorical Modes for Writing

6. Thinking--Good Critical Thinking and Writing in College

  
There also are three extra web pages:

Activities - An exercises page for starting to write

Eight Student Responses - Students writing about starting to write

UNO Universal Organizer - An organizing tool shown in "Ch. 3. First Drafts"

                 

                        

         

A. START

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Chapters:

1. How I Learned

2. Focus

3. First Drafts

4. Self & Others

5. Modes

6. Thinking

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Additional:

Activities (Exercises)

8 Students' Writing Stories

UNO Universal Organizer

                    

                 

Updated 30 Nov. 2021

  

   

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