Formal Writing Academics Career OpinionEditorial Essays Creative writing

Formal Writing Academics Career Opinion/Editorial Essays

• Creative writing is not formal writing, but formal writing can be creative.

First, learn formal writing skills • Formal writing patterns are standard much like mathematical formulas.

Formal like a formula or recipe. • If you want this→

You must use this -----Recipe • Servings 20 Yield 20 cupcakes • 1 1⁄2 cups flour • 1 cup sugar • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1 teaspoon salt • 1⁄ cup cocoa powder 2 • 1 cup water • 1⁄ cup vegetable oil 2 • 1 teaspoon vinegar • Directions • Mix all of the dry ingredients well with a mixer or wooden spoon first then add in all your liquid ingredients. It should be brown and smooth, free of lumps. • Bake at 350 F for 15 -17 minutes if you are baking cupcakes for a cake I'd say 17 -25 minutes.

• If you simply assemble ingredients that you know are part cupcakes and mix them without measuring or organizing them, you will get this

• Of course, no one wants the same old cupcake. We like variety. We want to be excited. So… • Use the recipe to create a basic, delicious cup cake; then get creative

First, do this

Then you can do this. • It’s still a cupcake. • But a better one, • perhaps.

If you want to do this

First you must do this • Read the play book; learn the plays and the rules

Then get creative

If you want to compose an effective essay • First learn the rules and plays.

Effective, memorable essay • Zeugma • Anaphora Chiasmus Epistrophe • Rhetorical fragment • Rhetorical question • Alliteration Onomatopoeia • Simile Metaphor

Zeugma Chiasmus Anaphora Epistrophe Rhetorical fragment Rhetorical question Alliteration Onomatopoeia Simile Metaphor

thesis • What do want to convince your reader of? • Say it clearly and succinctly. • Three tiered or single tiered • Each tier becomes a topic sentence.

• thesis • Too many candidates vying for the republican presidential nomination weakens the importance of the big issues, diminishes the integrity of the process, and confuses the voters.

Topic sentence 1: diminishes the integrity of the process, • Explain--Examples--Concrete evidence Topic sentence 2: confuses the voters, and • Explain--Examples--Concrete evidence Topic sentence 3: weakens the importance of the big issues. • Explain--Examples--Concrete evidence • INTERPRET AND CONCLUDE

• SEXI

• SEXEXEXI

• Statement—TOPIC SENTENCE • Explain • Example • Interpret and conclude

• Too many candidates vying for the republican presidential nomination weakens the importance of the big issues, diminishes the integrity of the process, and confuses the voters.

Let’s do it—body paragraph 1 • Nine or ten candidates reduce the veracity of the most prominent issues. E: A strong republican platform should be clear about its goals and principles; with so many different people in the mix, the fundamental message becomes blurred. • Examples: differing republican views on health care and immigration—facts, statistics, expert authorities • Interpret: too many discrepancies within a party can send the message that the republican party is, in fact, uncertain of its direction.

Page 4 in Style book, etc. • Choose a topic from page 7, or use your own topic. • Compose a thesis statement. • Use the composition paper to draft your thesis. Polish thesis so that it is parallel and succinctly worded. • NO I or you.

• Give it to the person next to you to read once you have polished it. • Is thesis clearly worded, or is it cumbersome and awkward? • Discuss

Return to writer • Using each tier as a guide, compose three topic sentences. • ( On the composition paper)

November 4 or 5 • The Crucible • The Prime Stage Theater (in the city) • Miss periods 3— 11 • $10 -$15 plus cost of lunch