The writing process

Writing skills are important part of communication. Good writing skills allow you to
communicate your message with clarity ease to far larger audience than through fact to face or
telephone conversations. Writing is very complex thing. Every writers do his writing his or her
writing process. Often their process comes naturally. As well as writing process is different from
person to person.
Writing can’t be done without going through certain stages. All writers go through their certain
stages. All writers are gone their own unique writing process. Usually they start with choosing a
topic and brainstorming and outline their papers, and compose sentences and paragraph to make
rough draft. After they make a rough draft, writers may begin revising their work by adding more
sentences, or removing sentences. Writers may then edit their rough draft by chasing words and
sentences that are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate for the topic….

Pre writing
Drafting

The writing
Publishing process

Revising

Editing
Step – 01

Prewriting
The person who write a something he or she has to plan it very well before writing. He or she has
to know about what are you going to read. Most of writers start with atopic. But in essay you
have to create a working thesis or collecting information and ideas that relate to the idea.

Step -02

Drafting
The next step is drafting. During this stage you should concentrate on getting ideas in your essay
organizing your information logically and developing your topic with suitable information.

Step -03

Revising
You may need to change the order of your information, expand certain section, cut details in
other. Most writers find it helpful to have someone else read their writing and thesis statements.
A reader which is un familiar with their essay can help identify which parts are working and
which are unclear

Step -04

Editing
During this editing stage the writer must consider about these ..,
 Grammar
 Sentences structure
 Word choice
 Punctuation
 Capitalization
 Spelling
 Citation and document format

Step -05

Publishing
Writing is one of communication thing. The writer who has written something, He or she must
give it to read it. The writer can publish it in different ways.
 Write a essay
 Writing to school newspaper or library magazine
 Posting to the internet
 Writing a letter to your teacher
What is an argumentative essay?

Definition
 An argumentative essay is a type of a essay that presents arguments about the both sides.
 It expected to agree or disagree on a certain point. It should be very clear about which
points are to be convincingly argued.
 The argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the students to investigate a
topic, collect, generate and evaluate evidence and establish a position on the topic in a
concise manner.(http://owl.purdue.edu.)
 Argumentative essay is a research paper that takes a position on a controversial issue and
tries to present evidence in favor of that position.(yourdictionary.com)
 An argumentative essay uses evidence and facts to prove whether or not a thesis is true. It
two sides of a single issue, and cover the most important arguments for and
against.(www.study.com)

There are five steps in argumentative essay writing..

 Choosing a topic
 Research
 Write a outline
 Fill in the blanks
 Edit

Firstly we have to get idea about these steps before writing a argumentative essay

Step-01

Choosing a topic
The person who write any argumentative essay he or she has to choose a appropriate topic for
that. Because the topic can be argued either for or against. As a example we can get Technology
is the way for our future. It is very good topic for argumentative essay. Because you can get lot
of information about that topic. Because now you are the intermediate level student.. you know
about it very much. The person who get like this topic he or she can write their argumentative
essay is very well. There are some best topics for argumentative essay.
 The role of school uniform
 Female prefer romantic movies
 How can children be effectively punished?
 Can graffiti be viewed as art?
 Is home schooling is effective?
Step-02

Research
Dear students you have to prefer books, articles, magazines, documentaries. Firstly you have to
read these things broadly and take some notes and note down the common issue about your
argued topic. It is most important and know about the issues what you write.

Step-03

Write an outline
You have to create a best outline. Because a good outline will help your writing process. Firstly
give some background for your topic. You have to answer these questions in your introduction.
Why is this topic important? ,How does it affects? ,What can be done about it? For a example ,
if the topic is When can citizens start drinking and smoking? You could get statistic about
the number of people whose are addict for the smoking and drinking in Sri Lanka per year. In the
introduction you should include your side on the issue.

Step-04

Fill in the blanks

If you have done your work i9n the previous step and wrote well-developed outline, now you
have to do is fill in the blanks with relevant research details. Consider which of the strategies,
classical that you are using and adapt your tone and arguments to reflect it.

Styep-05

Edit
In finally you have to go back your essay and edit it.
 Is your thesis a statement that someone could argue for or against?
 Are your arguments good?
 Have you use best examples?
 Have you present it successfully/
 Does it use for your future generation?
 In argumentative essay where the students collect the data through interviews, surveys,
observation or experiments. The students learn about the topic and the understand different
points of view regarding the topic so the he/she may choose the position and support it with the
evidence.

 Introduction the topic

In the first paragraph of an argumentative essay students must set the context by reviewing the
topic in a general way. In the next part students should explain why the topic is important, or
why the reader should care about the matter. As a example I get a one topic. My topic is
Computer games and Sri Lankan teenagers.
Today there are lot of teenagers in the Sri Lanka. Among them lot of teenagers play computer
games – mostly pleasure, mostly alone. But they have wasted their valuable time, lot of their
health and money, doing it too much. True, some computer games may develop the user’s
reasoning skills, their ability to solve problems. But playing computer games can also have a
detrimental effect on a person especially if they are consuming by the activity to the point. They
neglect their everyday responsibilities and their well – being. The overuse of computer games
affect a person negatively an quite levels, mostly one’s physical, mental and emotional health,
but also their finance. This is not to say that playing computer games alone is bad for a person,
how ever, when it begins to affect a person’s life in a negative way. It becomes a problem, and
it’s a problem our society must acknowledge and work hard to fix..

 Give logical things between introduction and body

An argumentative essay should have logical things. Without logical things, the reader is unable
to follow the essay’s argument, and the structure will collapse.
Let’s talk about the how the overuse of computer games negatively affects a person’s physical
health.
Computer games played standing up or moving around. This makes for bad cardiovascular
health. Which means potential heart problems an strokes – and of course obesity, which causes
premature death in a person.
Computer games can be detrimental to a person’s mental and emotional health. The man is time
consuming activity. Even if the enjoy playing the computer games, the user will eventually start
feeling lonely, unfulfilled and out of touch with reality.

 Body paragraph

In this paragraph the writer should be discuss about the general idea.it is important to note that
each paragraph in the body of the essay must have some logical connection to the thesis
statement in the opening paragraph. Some paragraph will directly support the thesis statement
with evidence collected during research. It is also important to explain how and why the
evidence support the thesis.
However argumentative essays should also consider and explain differing points of view
regarding the topic. In this section students should explain hoe these different opinions are wrong
outright, students should note how opinions that do not align with their thesis might not be well
informed or how they might out of date.
  Evidential support

The argumentative essay requires well – researched, accurate, detailed, and current information
to support the thesis statement and consider other points of views. However, students must
consider multiple points of view when collecting evidence. It is unethical to exclude evidence
that may not support the thesis. It is not the student’s jo to point out how other position are
wrong outright, but rather to explain hoe other position may not be well informed or up to date
on the topic.

 Conclusion

Conclusion is the final paragraph the argumentative essay. As well as lot of students may begin
to struggle. This is the portion of the essay that will leave the most immediate impression on the
mind of the reader. There for, it must be effective and logical. Do not introduce any new
information in to conclusion. Restate why the topic is important, review the main points, and
review your thesis. You may also want to include a short discussion of more research that should
be completed in light of your work.

There are some conclusion ideas,

 If you arguing policy changers, what are the implications of adopting or non adopting
your ideas/ How will they affect the reader
 Present hypothetical. Show what will happen if the reader adopt your idea. Use real-life
example hoe your ideas will work
 Include the call the action. Inspire the reader to agree with your argument. Tell them
what they need to think, do, fee, and believe.

References

 Argumentative essay http:///literarydevice.net/argumentative-essay/

 How to write good argumentative essay http:///www.masterclass.com