CHAPTER 1. MAKING DISCOVERIES

Expository WritingWriting, pp. 2-11

Find a territory

Ask interesting questions Use strategies for finding a topic Take inventory when you have a topic Brainstorm Write nonstop Use guides Make an idea map

Ask interesting questions

Focus: What you want to know about Find out: Where experts disagree Analyze: How current trends are being

explained Examine: Proposals to solve problems Compare:Claims and reality

Use strategies for finding a topic Personal Work Community/church Nation/world

Take inventory when you have a topic Journalists’ 5W and H:

1. Who? 2. What? 3. When? 4. Where? 5. How? 6. Why?

Writing, p. 65

Brainstorm

Sentence length Paragraph length Word choice Relationship with reader

Write nonstop

Focused freewrite Do not stop to correct Keep writing But stay on topic Underline key ideas Choose one key idea and write again

Use guides

Library subject search Online search engines

Make an idea map

Start with general subject Branch out into categories Generate topics about each category Select sections

CHAPTER 2. READING TO EXPLORE

Expository WritingWriting, pp. 12-21

Become a critical reader

Where did it come from? What does it say? Can you trust the writer? How does it work?

Look with a critical eye

What is the context and purpose of the visual?

Who is the intended audience? Who produced the images?

Read actively

Annotate what you read Annotate difficult readings Map what you read Make notes

Respond as a reader

Make notes Write summaries Build on what you read

Use a discovery technique

Journalists’ 5Ws and H Brainstorm Write nonstop Make an idea map

Choose a topic for a causal analysis and use one of these discovery techniques to write. You have 15 minutes.