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Writing 1 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The topic sentence is the first sentence in a paragraph.
    - - It introduces the main idea of the paragraph.
    - - Summarize the main idea of your paragraph. Indicate to the reader what your paragraph will be about.
  - - - Deploy to prevent the outbreak of conflict or the spill-over of conflict across borders.
      - Stabilize conflict situations after a cease fire, to create an environment for the parties to reach a lasting peace agreement.
      - Assist in implementing comprehensive peace agreements.
      - Lead states or territories through a transition to stable government, based on democratic principles, good governance and economic development.
- - - - They come after the topic sentence, making up the body of a paragraph.
    - - They give details to develop and support the main idea of the paragraph.
    - - You should give supporting facts, details, and examples.
  - - - The closing sentence is the last sentence in a paragraph.
    - - It restates the main idea of your paragraph.
    - - Restate the main idea of the paragraph using different words.
- - - - Prewriting
        
        The prewriting stage is when you think carefully and organize your ideas for your paragraph before you begin writing.
      - Writing
        
        The writing stage is when you turn your ideas into sentences.
      - Editing
        
        The editing stage is when you check your paragraph for mistakes and correct them.
      - Publishing
        
        The publishing stage is when you produce a final copy of your paragraph to hand in.
- - - - Prevent the needless use of passive voice
        
        Use the passive voice only when the executor of the action is unknown, the executor of the action is irrelevant, or the executor of the action is less important than the action itself.
      - Prevent misplaced modifiers.
        
        Keep words in the proper grammatically order. Phrases or clauses that modify nouns immediately follow the nouns they modify. Usually, adverbs directly precede the word or phrase they modify. In many cases, moving the adverb completely changes the meaning of the sentence.
      - Employ parallel structure.
        
        Sentences must be grammatically balanced. To achieve this, use equivalent forms of words or phrases, especially with items in a series or one item which follows another closely related item.
      - Evade sexism in writing.
        
        Illogical treatment of the sexes occurs in many forms
        
        When professions or occupations contain the word man/men or the ending “-ess”.
        
        When he or she is used to refer back to a general noun; such as, secretary, doctor, nurse, teacher, supervisor. In this case is better to write in the plural and use the pronoun “they”.
    - - Types of Letter: Full block, modified block and modified semi-block.
    - - Special Problems in Writing
        
        The two basic problems are fragments, and comma splices.
        
        A phrase without a subj ect.
        
        Wrong: Went to the store yesterday. Right: I went to the store yesterday.
        
        A phrase without a verb with a tense.
        
        Wrong: John going to the store. Right: John was going to the store.
        
        A dependent clause.
        
        Wrong: Because it was hot.
        Right: Because it was hot, we went to the beach.