The second stage in the writing process is to
A) accumulate raw material.
B) brainstorm or freewrite or make a scratch outline
C) shape your raw material through a series of two or more drafts
D) edit your draft of the paper
Here are two lessons I post for people who need to follow the writing process:
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Follow the writing process, whether you're writing for science, history, English, or whatever:
Prewriting: Brainstorm, research, plan, outline, thesis statement
Writing: Write first draft by starting with section II of your outline; write the introduction after the body of the paper is written; write the conclusion last.
Polishing: Revise, concentrating first on the body of the paper, then the intro, then the concl (revision = making sure ideas are logical and sequential and support your thesis); proofread (spelling, grammar, usage, etc.)
Do you have a thesis yet? Have you done your brainstorming (and maybe research) yet? Have you written an outline?
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html#org
from http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Check in the Essay & Research Paper Level.
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Follow the writing process:
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/
At this site, you'll find all kinds of help for the whole research/writing process. The Step by Step link will take you through the writing process.
http://wwwold.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/
and
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
These two sites will also help you with the entire researching and writing process.
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/
This site also contains the entire process; use the left column as the table of contents.
Be sure to add these sites to you favorites so you can get to them again and again when you need to.
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Here are some excellent websites that will help you with the writing process, researching, etc., especially for an argumentative paper (and what to do with that opposing view).
http://www.powa.org
Go to Argumentative Essays across the top.
http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
Click on Step by Step for the process. Click on Info Search for help with researching.
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Use this for everything! The table of contents listed in the column on the left will help you immensely.
The correct answer is B) brainstorm or freewrite or make a scratch outline.
To arrive at this answer, we need to understand the different stages of the writing process.
1) The first stage: Pre-writing. This stage involves generating ideas, gathering information, and organizing your thoughts before you start writing your actual draft. Techniques like brainstorming, freewriting, or creating a scratch outline help in this stage.
2) The second stage: Drafting. Once you have generated your ideas and organized your thoughts, you proceed to the drafting stage. Here, you put your thoughts into words and create a rough draft of your writing.
3) The third stage: Revising. After you have completed the first draft, you move on to the revising stage. This involves reviewing, reorganizing, and rewriting parts of your draft to improve its clarity, coherence, and effectiveness.
4) The fourth stage: Editing. This stage focuses on correcting grammar, punctuation, spelling, and other language errors in your revised draft. It involves proofreading your work for any mistakes and making necessary corrections.
Given the above explanation, option A) "accumulate raw material" is typically done during the pre-writing stage, not specifically in the second stage. Option C) "shape your raw material through a series of two or more drafts" aligns with the third stage of the writing process, not the second stage. Option D) "edit your draft of the paper" corresponds to the fourth stage of the process, not the second stage.
Hence, the correct answer is B) brainstorm, freewrite, or make a scratch outline, as these activities are commonly done during the second stage of the writing process.