FREE WRITING

READING AND WRITING WEEK 2

WRITING ESSAYS
Do you like to write?
Does essays, poems, letters
sound fun to you? Or is it too
traditional? If it is, I’ll change
my question. Do you blog, write
articles online, etc.? Kindly
raise your hand and share it
with us.
 Objectives.
Free Writing

A Define Free Writing.

Write an Essay using

B Free Writing Skills.

Identify different qualities of

C
well-written texts.
Differentiate narrative,
D descriptive & definition essay.
 Free Writing.
The practice of writing down
your thoughts without stopping,
D

and without regard for spelling,

D

grammar, or any of the usual

rules for writing.

Source: https://study.com/academy/lesson/freewriting-definition-examples-quiz.html
 Qualities of a well-written text

Avoid Redundant Avoid Avoid

Expressions Circumlocution Verbosity
 Redundancy • I am absolutely sure that she’s smart.
• My new shoes are more better than yours.
The use of two or
• Add and additional pearl please.
more words that
means the same • You received a free gift from Netflix.
thing. • In my own personal opinion, you’re pretty.
• The end result of the experiment is ready.
Source: https://www.dailywritingtips.com/50-redundant-phrases-to-avoid/
 Circumlocution
• The wife of your father's brother.
The practice of
putting different – The Aunt
words together to • Not burdened with an overabundance of schooling.
avoid saying what the
– Uneducated
person wants to say. It
can also simply mean • Economical with the truth.
“talking around” or – Lying
“talking in circles.”
Sources: https://literaryterms.net/circumlocution/ https://literarydevices.net/circumlocution/
 Verbosity • The beautiful young girl is walking along the sun
kissed and evenly sparkly beach.
Abounding in words,
– The girl is walking on the beach.
containing more
words than • Students worked collaboratively on an unfamiliar
necessary. Long and open-ended problem.
winded, or wordy.
– Students worked on a problem.

Sources: https://www.dailywritingtips.com/5-verbose-sentences-made-shorter/ https://wikidiff.com/verbose/circumlocution

 Reading exercise &
Learning application.
Read the essay on pp. 3-6 and
D

identify sentences that falls

D

under redundancy, verbosity or

circumlocution.

With rubric, refer to the DLP.

 D
D
Thank you
Review pp. 18-19 for the next lesson.