The Writing Process: Pre-Writing

• ​Review the steps of the writing process

• ​Explain types and strategies of pre-writing

• ​Brainstorm ideas for expository essay topic

• These are the steps that we take, as writers, to move from a topic or idea to an actual essay or other piece of writing.

​This is the stage where you begin figuring out everything you want to write.

​- What is the topic?

​- What do you want to say about the topic?

​- What ideas can you come up with about the topic?

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​You can begin outlining your ideas in different ways.

• ​Brainstorming

  • ​getting all of your ideas down; brain dumping

• ​Clustering/Webbing

  • ​using the web diagram to organize your thoughts and show the connection with ideas