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Chapter 1 Characteristics of Good Writing
•Is well-developed
•Has a cohesive organization
•Contains evidence from sources to support
main points
•Uses precise language and a formal style
•Follows the rules of standard grammar,
spelling, and punctuation.
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Chapter 1 Characteristics of Good Writing
Development:
•Well-developed writing focuses on the main
idea.
•The writer will expresses one central idea and
expands and supports it with interesting
details, relevant facts, or carefully chosen
evidence.
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Chapter 1 Characteristics of Good Writing
Activity 1A Finding the Main Idea (p. 6)
The following excerpt is from the Gettysburg Address, the speech
delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a military cemetery
in 1863. Read the passage and answer the questions on the following
screens.
We have come to dedicate a portion of it [a battlefield of the Civil
War], as a final resting place for those who died here, that the
nation might live. This we may in all propriety do. But, in a larger
sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate [make special],
we can not hallow [make holy] this ground. The brave men, living
and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our
poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long
remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did
here.
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Chapter 1 Characteristics of Good Writing
Activity 1A Finding the Main Idea (p. 6)
1. Summarize the central idea of this excerpt.
2. Summarize the sentences that support the central idea.
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Chapter 1 Characteristics of Good Writing
Activity 1A Finding the Main Idea (p. 6)
1. Summarize the central idea of this excerpt.
Sample answer: We have gathered to dedicate a cemetery.
2. Summarize the sentences that support the central idea.
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Chapter 1 Characteristics of Good Writing
Activity 1A Finding the Main Idea (p. 6)
1. Summarize the central idea of this excerpt.
Sample answer: We have gathered to dedicate a cemetery.
2. Summarize the sentences that support the central idea.
Sample answer: The men who died here made this land
hallowed. The world will not forget the soldiers who died here.
We should carry on their work.
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