Narrative/Persuasive Pre-Writing to Writing Process

 

Follow this process when writing your narrative or persuasive assignments.

 

Prewriting: Plan your writing by thinking about the topic and your purpose. Are you explaining or arguing a point of view? A narrative piece requires you to describe in order. Persuasive writing requires you to first state your point of view, then tell why you think it is correct and present facts to support your opinion.

 

1. Identifying – Choose the main elements you wish to write about. There should not be more than three.

2. Drafting – Jot your ideas down in rough form.

3. Revising – Change and improve the rough draft. Get rid of unnecessary parts. Add important material based on your writing goal – to explain or defend.

4. Proofreading – Correct any errors in spelling, punctuation, and clarity. Care should be taken to make the writing communicate clearly.

5. Publishing – After final editing, finish the writing and make it available for others to read. Edit your piece one more time before you rewrite (publish it) for the audience to read.

This site is set up so you can do your Critical Writings from home.

 

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CAD Day 10: Critical Writing – Persuasive

 

Critical Writing:

They say it could never happen, but it actually did. Your Dad won the lottery. That does not mean he has turned into a big spender, though. This is probably a good thing, since your mother is – surprise - expecting triplets. Dad has decided to update and add on to your 3-bedroom ranch in the suburbs instead of moving. Besides, you and your older sister like it in this neighborhood. Your parents have hired an architect for the redesign. But you have experience on a CAD system and have developed a pretty good plan. So you secretly show your work to Jeff Walton, the lead architect. Jeff likes it too, but he needs an explanation – in writing – that supports your ideas. This will go into the plans submitted to the building department in order to get a permit.

 

Here’s what you’ll have to do:

 

1. Write a description of what your floor plan looks like, and what new and/or updated features you have added with your CAD program. List all changes that will make the 3-bedroom ranch a special home.

2. Offer 3 reasons why this plan is so good that your family won’t have to move or make big changes to the house as the triplets grow. You have to persuade everyone that you have the best solution.