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RealTime Writing on the Web

The various modes of writing introduced in The Norton Sampler are strategies we use everyday as we go about composing emails, organizing lists, making signs, and jotting down notes to friends. Once you leave college, you may have fewer opportunities to write formal essays, but the need to express yourself clearly in writing does not disappear on graduation day. The following RealTime Web writing prompts are examples of how the kinds of writing discussed throughout The Norton Sampler are relevant to “real-world” writing that appears on the screen as well as on paper.

4Chapter 1: Description

4Chapter 2: Narrative

4Chapter 3: Example

4Chapter 4: Classification & Division

4Chapter 5: Process Analysis

4Chapter 6: Comparison and Contrast

4Chapter 7: Definition

4Chapter 8: Cause & Effect

4Chapter 9: Argument

4Chapter 10: Classic Essays