Writing Strategies
Published on Dec 11, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SONG LYRICS AND POETIC DEVICES
- Quote a song or poem
- Use rhyme/rhythm
- Play with word puns
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SUMMARIZING MAIN POINTS
- Essential facts
- Major points
- Paragraph=topic sentence
- 5 paragraph essay
- Dont be redundant
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USING SUSPENSE
- Give hints and clues but not all the info
- Answer throughout
- Tease the audience
- Be sure to give all the info by the end
- Cliffhangers
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REFERENCE TO AN OCCASION, EVENT, OR TIME
- Occasion:special ones like holidays
- Event:sporting, concerts, parties, festivals
- Time: remember the time, personal, historical
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USING STORIES
- Everyone loves a good story, so tell one
- Some long and detailed
- Anecdotes are tid bits(side notes)
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MOTTOS AND MANTRAS
- Words to live by
- Adages- wise sayings, proverbs
- Good to have
- Keep us focused
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THANK YOU STATEMENTS
- People like to be thanked
- People like to feel appreciated
- Thank people
- Thank you statements work well in conclusions
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TRANSITIONS
- Transitions make language flow
- Transitions appear everywhere
- Transitions=words, phrases, even whole sentences
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ISSUING A CHALLENGE OR CALL TO ACTION
- If you want someone to do something, ask
- Challenge people call them to action
- Be clear and specific about your request
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SHOCKING OR STARTLING STATEMENTS
- Dramatic effect gains audiences attention quickly
- Be sensible
- Always be appropriate
- Exaggeration/ hyperbole
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HUMOR OR JOKES
- Fun/ funny but be careful
- Be appropriate(time and place)
- Dont offend people
- Make sure its fun/ funny
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ASKING QUESTIONS
- Get the audience thinking
- Engage people
- If appropriate let the audience answer
- Rhetorical ?s= need not answer if implied or obvious
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REVELATION OF SUBJECT AND PURPOSE
- The opposite of suspense; tell right away
- Subject=what
- Purpose=why
- What are you talking about and why
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
- A relationship between action or events
- One is the result of the other
- If... Then...
- Cause= what
- Effect=what happened
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COMPARE AND/OR CONTRAST
- Compare=how 2+ things are similar/alike
- Compatisons=similarities
- Vontrast= how 2+ things are different
- Contrasts=differences
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COMMON LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT
- Use common terms and language known within the topic
- Use language related to the topic. Thats context
- Common/context language= words that relate
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PARAPHRASES
- In writing: use your own words, but still cite the page #
- With people: be sure to get it right.
- Dont put words jnto other peoples mouths...
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USING QUOTATIONS
- Quote the words of others word for word
- Use quotation marks
- He/she said "___"
- Quote experts, friends, family, characters, ect.
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