Written Communication

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• Writing Purpose
• Decide what you want to accomplish before you
  start!

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• Two types of common writing purposes
• Informative Writing
• Persuasive Writing

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• Why should you know your audience?
• What are my readers roles?
• How much do they know about my topic?
• Are they interested, or do I have to convince
  them to read my material?
• Can I expect readers to have open or closed minds
  about my topic?

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• The Writing Process
• Planning
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing

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• Planning
• Brainstorming
• Narrow Topic
• More Brainstorming
• Freewriting
• Asking journalists questions
• Conduct research
• Write a thesis statement
• Write a working outline
• Create a checklist

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• Drafting
• Freewriting your draft
• Writing an introduction
• Creating the body of a paper
• Writing the conclusion
• Crediting authors and sources
• Continue your checklist

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• Revising
• Being a critical writer
• Evaluating paragraph structure
• Checking for clarity and conciseness

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• Editing
• A final checklist

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• The Writing Center
• http//ustudies.semo.edu/writing/owl/

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• I am not afraid that the book will be
  controversial, I'm afraid it will not be
  controversial.
• Flannery OConnor