AP3: Homework over break
We are reviewing the different modes (or ways) or writing. Thus far, we have discussed narration, description, and exemplification.
We will continue on with exemplification and introduce process writing.
1. Read our last exemplification essay: “Why Looks are the Last Bastion of Discrimination” on page 429. Answer the “Style and Structure,” “Style and Structure” and the “Combining the Patterns.”
2. Process writing: Read the background information on how to write a process essay: pages 263-278. Either print out the notes below (see the page below) or copy them by hand and fill in the blanks.
3. Process: Read Malcolm X’s “My First Conk” on page 281. Do the Purpose and Audience and style and structure questions.
4. Process: Read Piven, Borgenicht, and Worick’s “How to Decorate Your Room When You’re Broke” on page 290. Do the Purpose and Audience and style and structure questions.
I hope you have a very happy and restful break. You deserve it! (
See the page below for the notes for process writing.
Process writing (pages _____________)
I. Overview: A process essay __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A. Puts events in ___________________________ order
B. Events form a ___________________ order so _____________ is key
C. Should emphasize the order of the _________________ steps and the relation to the ______________ as a whole
D. Depending on purpose, it can be a set of ______________________ or a ________________ explanation.
II. Understanding Instructions
A. Enable the reader to _____________ a process.
B. Use _________________ tense and use the ____________________ mood (speaking directly to the reader)
III. Understanding Process Explanation
A. Helps readers understand how it is __________________________________
B. May use ___ or _____ person and use the _____________________________ tense.
C. It will NOT use ____________
IV. Using Process: Give two examples (use the ones cited) of when one might use process writing: _______________________________________________________________________________
V. Planning a Process Essay
A. Primary goal: depict the process ________________________________
B. May need to distinguish between the ______________ and _________________ steps
VI. Accommodating Your Audience
A. One way: ___________________________________________________
B. Another way: ________________________________________________
VII. Developing a thesis
A. Can be written to ______________________ or _________________ information
B. If thesis isn’t debatable, it should identify the process and tell _________ it is performed.
VIII. Using Transitions
A. Establish ___________________ and _______________________ order
B. Cite two examples of the transitions the text provides _________________________________
IX. Structuring a Process Essay
A. Intro: does what? ____________________________________________________________-
B. Body: does what? ____________________________________________________________
C. Conclusion: does what? ________________________________________________________
Read the two student samples: “The Search” on page 270 and “Medium Ash Blonde” on page 275. 