Effective Writing Center (EWC)

Chapter 3: Thinking Strategies and Writing Pattern

• Introduction
• Kinds of Assignments You Will Write
• Critical Strategies and Writing
  • Analysis
  • Synthesis
  • Evaluation
  • Persuasion
• Developing a Paper Using Strategies
• Patterns for Presenting Information
  • General-to-Specific Pattern
  • Specific-to-General Pattern
  • Problem-Cause-Solution Pattern
  • Discussing Raw Data
  • Summaries and Abstracts
  • Critiques
• Supporting with Research and Examples
• Writing Essay Examinations
  • Read and Understand the Question
  • Organize Thinking Before Writing
  • Make Answer Relevant and Complete
• A Word About Style, Voice, and Tone
  • Style Through Vocabulary and Diction