2. Academic writing – articulate your mind – someone will read and understand
3.
4. Brainstorming – ideas, points, how to
organise.
Planning – helps to write a clear, well-
focused piece of writing, meaningful
presentation.
Writing – creative, critical thinking, well-
developed sentences and paragraphs,
attract attention.
Editing/reviewing – detect errors, refine,
polish.
5. Essay – more than 250 words
Show creativity
Generally 5 paragraphs
Outline gives clearer picture
6.
7. A sentence that shows the controlling
idea
Very specific
Too general – ambiguous
The end of introductory paragraph
8. Outline –
• Topic sentence (first sentence of a paragraph,
supports thesis statement, informs readers of the
content or ideas in the paragraph)
• Supporting details (about the idea in the topic
sentence, give examples, illustrations,
quotations, statistics, causes, effects, compare
and contrast)
• Concluding sentence (summary of a paragraph,
final remark on the main idea of a paragraph, not
necessary)