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Writing Guidelines

Prewriting ■ Choosing a Topic

Picking a pet peeve topic is easy. You just need to think of something seemingly unimportant that really bugs you. Roshawn used a cluster to find his topic.

Gathering Details

Once you have a topic, consider specific experiences involving the pet peeve, why it upsets you, and how you can remedy the situation. Roshawn gathered details by freewriting about the times when clickbait really upset him. (See page 34 for information about freewriting.)