Writing Process, Paragraph Structure

Writing Process--Prewriting

• Choose a topic
• Gather ideas
• Organize or plan

Writing Process--Drafting
4. Write the paragraph or essay or the project

Writing Process--Reviewing and Revising
5. Review

Writing Process--Review and Revise
6. Revise

The process is recursive--it goes back and forth, not just linear in direction.

One way to think about structure of a paragraph (even in an essay)

ACES paragraph organization

• A Answer or Assertion
• C Citation or Evidence
• E Explanation or Evaluate
• S So what?

A: the answer/assertion is the topic sentence, the answer to a prompt

C: the citation/evidence are the details that support/prove the ts

E: the explanation provides details about the evidence and ties it to ts

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