Comm 11/12 Short writing- short answer

paragraph form -a couple of paragraphs, a few

break up your writing into paragraphs

indent

INDENT at the beginning of each paragraph
double-space
pen, not pencil (black gets higher marks)

Begin with a topic sentence- begins the paragraph, start strong so the reader has confidence in you
topic sentecne - refer specifically to the topic
topic is the question, gives the controlling idea, use a predictor


"Was the Man in Motion tour a success? Why or why not?"

Yes, it was.

VERY SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE TOPIC SENTENCE
The Man in Motion tour was a success because of three reasons.

Don't use this as a template every time.

Look at your first sentence. Did you give topic, controlling idea, predictor (optional)

"In my opinion...." CUT CUT CUT
In academic writing, avoid first person, "I".

Get right to the topic.

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Topic sentence

Academic writing
(culturally based)
Topic sentence
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foundation of academic writing in the NA is argument
"ARGUMENT"

Topic sentence
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Concluding sentence (optional)- restatement of the Topic sentence  REPEAT
say the same thing but in different words
challenging - vocab, synonyms, thesaurus


Begin with a little intro sentence- bio, history, quotation, 

Possible approaches to finding a Grabber:

          General to specific statement

          Fact or statistic

          Anecdote- short personal story

          Historical

          Question?

          Adage, idiom, expression

          Famous quotation from famous person

Grabber
Topic sentence
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Concluding sentence



Sentences- 
Sentences have to be SIMPLE, COMPOUND, or COMPLEX. If not, it's not English.

Translating from mother tongue.

"You think in Farsi."
You must write in English- SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX

One of the best to improve and expand your sentence writing is sentence combining.