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Effective prewriting techniques help writers create, develop, and organize their ideas before drafting. Key strategies include brainstorming, understanding the assignment's purpose, and considering the audience and format. Writing prompts provide structured guidance, outlining the topic, audience, task, format, and any special requirements for the writing response.

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Effective prewriting techniques help writers create, develop, and organize their ideas before drafting. Key strategies include brainstorming, understanding the assignment's purpose, and considering the audience and format. Writing prompts provide structured guidance, outlining the topic, audience, task, format, and any special requirements for the writing response.

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EFFECTIVE PREWRITING TECHNIQUES

Prewriting is any activity that helps you


create, develop, and organize ideas for
writing.
WHY BOTHER WITH PREWRITING?
• To find a definite direction for your
writing assignment
• To help organize your
ideas before trying to write your first
draft
• To build off of ideas and think of new
ones
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF
WHEN BEGINNING A WRITING
ASSIGNMENT
• Were you given a topic, or can you
choose one?
• What is the purpose of this
assignment? Are you informing,
persuading, analyzing, entertaining,
or summarizing for your readers?
• What are the five W’s of the
assignment? Who? What? When?
Where? Why?
BRAINSTORMING
Brainstorming is a technique where you
record every idea that comes to mind
that relates back to the topic.
HELPFUL HINTS
• Be comfortable and in a space with
good lighting. You’ll think best when
you’re in a pleasant environment.
• Eliminate distractions. Stay focused
and record everything.
• Make lists of all the ideas that come to
you. Don’t worry about trying to write in
complete sentences. Just capture your
ideas quickly.
• Brainstorm by having conversations with
other people. Bounce ideas off of a
friend, or raise a topic of conversation
with a group of people.
• Brainstorming can make it easier both
to think of a good topic and to start
finding supporting evidence and
examples.
What Are Writing Prompts?
A writing prompt is direction to write
about a particular topic. This may be
presented in one or more sentences, or
it may include a short passage, picture,
or other content that serves as a
starting point for the written response.
A well-constructed writing prompt can
provide students important guidance for
showcasing the writing skills they have
been taught.
Generally, writing prompts include five
components: 1. Topic: on what the response
should focus 2. Audience: to whom the
response should be addressed 3. Task: how
information on the topic should be organized
(e.g., description, sequence, compare-
contrast, analysis, synthesis, cause-effect,
explanation) 4. Format: the style of writing
of writing for the response (e.g., essay,
argument, speech, letter, narrative) 5.
Special requirements: additional
expectations for the prompt (e.g., length,
textual evidence, number of supports, kinds
of details)

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