Monday, December 10, 2007

Summary of discussion

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A) Essay- is a piece of writing, usually from an author's personal point of view. Essays are non-fictional but often subjective; while expository, they can also include narrative. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author.
The writing process composed of:
1. Planning - a list, summary, or outline of the items to be included in something such as a piece of writing.
2. Drafting - A piece of writing that is literary composition devoted to the presentation of the writer's own idea.
3. Revising - give updated version of something: to change a previous estimate in order to make it more accurate or realistic.
4. Editing and Profreading - prepare text for publication: to prepare a text for publication by correcting errors and ensuring clarity and accuracy.
5. Essay checklist - is the list of things to be done in writing an essay.

B) Clustering - is a form of brainstorming which connects one idea to another.
A) Personal narrative - is a short composition which deals with a subject drawn directly to the writer's life.
(*) Anecdote- A short personal account of an incident or event.
B) Personal reflection - is all about the reminiscence of the experiences written in the past which brought significant detail to the writer.
C) Personal description - process of describing: the process of giving an account or explanation of something in the essay.
D) Analytical Writing - Uses reasoning to come up with a new idea of writing. (Ethos, pathos, philo).
E) Cause and Effect Essay - is an essay that uses reasoning for certain action or interpretation why a certain occurences result that way.
F) Comparison and contrast - A form of essay that determines the differences of each other.
G) Classification essay - is an essay that have certain variety of of thought or interpretation.
H) Process writing - is a step - by - step guidelines of writing a story in oder to develop a well organize thought.
I) Definition - is an essay that composed of meaning : A brief precise statement of what a word or expression means.

III) Persuasive essay - is a short composition that intend to sway readers to the writing point of view.
A) Argument - A reason put forward in support of or in opposition to a point of view.
B) Insights - perceptiveness: the ability to see clearly and intuitively into the nature of a complex person, situation, or subjectin a writing .
C) Misusing language - is a fallacious argument which uses illogical thought.
D) Obfuscation - make something obscure: to make something obscure or unclear, especially by making it unnecessarily complicated through writing.
E) Ambiguity - doubt about meaning: a situation in which something can be understood in more than one way and it is not clear which meaning is intended.
F) Slanted language - is something that is not appropriate in writing an article.

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