Writing: Selecting a Topic
The first step in writing an effective paragraph is to select a topic that you are
knowledgeable and comfortable writing about. It is worth spending time to
think of possible topics and to discover what you know about each before making
a selection and beginning to write. Chapter 2, pages 47–49 describes four
techniques—freewriting, brainstorming, branching , and questioning—for generating
ideas about a topic.
The student writer we will follow in this chapter, Kate Atkinson, was given
an assignment to write an essay in response to an article about the US and
Russian
education systems. Once she had determined the main point of her
essay,
she worked on developing topics—main ideas—for each of her supporting
paragraphs.
Writing: Selecting a TopicThe first step in writing an effective paragraph is to select a topic that you areknowledgeable and comfortable writing about. It is worth spending time tothink of possible topics and to discover what you know about each before makinga selection and beginning to write. Chapter 2, pages 47–49 describes fourtechniques—freewriting, brainstorming, branching , and questioning—for generatingideas about a topic.The student writer we will follow in this chapter, Kate Atkinson, was givenan assignment to write an essay in response to an article about the US andRussianeducation systems. Once she had determined the main point of heressay,she worked on developing topics—main ideas—for each of her supportingparagraphs.
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