{"id":299,"date":"2020-05-27T15:52:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/writing-workshop\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=299"},"modified":"2024-04-24T23:50:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:50:58","slug":"putting-it-together-writing-in-college","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/chapter\/putting-it-together-writing-in-college\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Writing in College","rendered":"Putting It Together: Writing in College"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\" wp-image-870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/05\/24231855\/thisisengineering-raeng-NmcylAy9sHE-unsplash-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"341\" height=\"227\" \/>\r\n\r\nIn this writing workshop, we took a closer look at some writing assignments you will likely face during your college career. It's essential to always first understand what your task is and what the assignment prompt is asking of you. You probably wouldn't begin a road trip by jumping in the car and driving away. First, you'd want to pack your bags and check out where you're going. The same applies to all of your writing assignments\u2014it's a good idea to understand the prompt and make a plan so that you end up in the right place, or with the assignment you want. Remember to use the prompt to help you get started and then apply some of the brainstorming approaches we did together in this module\u2014making lists, filling in the blanks, or creating mindmaps.","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-870 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/05\/24231855\/thisisengineering-raeng-NmcylAy9sHE-unsplash-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"341\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this writing workshop, we took a closer look at some writing assignments you will likely face during your college career. It&#8217;s essential to always first understand what your task is and what the assignment prompt is asking of you. You probably wouldn&#8217;t begin a road trip by jumping in the car and driving away. First, you&#8217;d want to pack your bags and check out where you&#8217;re going. The same applies to all of your writing assignments\u2014it&#8217;s a good idea to understand the prompt and make a plan so that you end up in the right place, or with the assignment you want. Remember to use the prompt to help you get started and then apply some of the brainstorming approaches we did together in this module\u2014making lists, filling in the blanks, or creating mindmaps.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-299\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Putting It Together: Writing in College. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Lisa Weinberger for Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Two students talking. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: ThisisEngineering RAEng. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Pixabay. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/NmcylAy9sHE\">https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/NmcylAy9sHE<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>Other<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: https:\/\/unsplash.com\/license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":29,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Putting It Together: Writing in College\",\"author\":\"Lisa Weinberger for Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Two students talking\",\"author\":\"ThisisEngineering RAEng\",\"organization\":\"Pixabay\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/NmcylAy9sHE\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"other\",\"license_terms\":\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/license\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"dd430990-50bf-4640-ab94-ce875f45f787","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-299","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":275,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/299\/revisions\/871"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/275"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/299\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}