ENGL 4454 Study Guide - Final Guide: Grothendieck Universe, Concision, Nominalization
15 May 2016
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Four stages of the writing process: (in order) Three types of play: (from the tedx talk: building play, role play, exploratory play. Two primary characteristics of almost all successful paragraphs: unity: all the sentences in the paragraph should be related to some central idea or focus. Normally, the sentence that serves this function in the paragraph is the topic sentence: development: the sentences in a paragraph need to connect to each other in some way; a paragraph needs to go somewhere to build. What must the writers of the form also already believe they have asked that question: return to analyze the original claim, drawing out implications of these underlying assumptions. How do you write well: understand writing as a process, be creative (playful, explore question(s) 5 stases theory: (in order: consequence/cause, proposal, definition, value, conjecture. 3 building blocks of argumentation: making claims, offering evidence.
