AUTHOR'S STATEMENT:
At end of paper:
1. Identify your organizational plan
2. Write a short statement about your relationship to this paper (love it, hate it, my best work, didn't spend enough time on it, like the idea but couldn't get it down on paper the way I wanted, much improved from my first draft, want help with verbs, etc. etc...)
Based on one of your "Descriptive" drafts in Compo
IMPROVED in ALL of the "six traits" IOVWSC
Six Traits Revision Guidelines
Rewriting and the Six Traits
200 – 400 words
Typed, double-spaced in "manuscript format"
Careful attention to the assets of descriptive writing:
detail
five senses
well-chosen adjectives, precise nouns, vivid verbs
avoid lazy repetition of words (thesaurus!)
Real World Writing Assignment
Instructions (click here to download as Word.doc)
Form (click here to download as Word.doc)
Real World Writing Links
Ferris State University Writing Center
Amy Gahran
Ten Example Assignments
A Checklist
Professional Writing Programs
Western Kentucky University