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Writing Guidelines
Prewriting ■ Getting Ready to Write
Analyze the prompt using the PAST strategy:
■ Purpose: Why am I writing? To narrate? To entertain?
■ Audience: Who will read my writing?
■ Subject: What topic should I write about?
■ Type: What form will my writing take?
Planning Your Writing
Choose a specific topic and decide how you want to write about it (your focus). Then form a quick list or time line, identifying the important actions as they happened.