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An Examwriting Agenda
A. Preparing
1. Reader's questions
a. The relationship between method and material
b. The exam maker's unarticulated agenda
c. The exam maker's expectations
2. Writer's questions
a. Examwriting habits, grade pressure
b. Preparation throughout the term
c. The writer's short-term commitment and longrange goals
B. Planning
1. A project view of the whole exam
2. Timetable for the whole exam: planning the process from preparation to proofreading
3. Structure: provisional thesis, including an althoughclause for the opposing side; condensed because-clauses as evidence; argument-outline in beginning-middleend form for each question
4. Write the essays on the right-hand pages, and use the left-hand pages for insertions while proofreading
5. Pace and intensity: distributing energy appropriately throughout the exam
C. Generating
1. Answering the question; explaining the divergences
2. Representation: typifying examples
D. Producing
1. Focusing meaning through the lens of time: coherence, consistency, transitions, and unity
2. Conclusion: a new perspective
3. Proofreading
E. An Examwriting policy
 
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