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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas






2. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books






3. Speech or written form that debates or argues a topic in a logical way






4. Subject - purpose - focus - specific language - briefly state subdivisions






5. Used to show similarities and differences (key words: although - but - still - yet - compared with - as opposed to - different from - either/or - neither/nor - in common - similarly






6. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation






7. Writing nonstop about anything






8. Shifting mentally from judgment; read your draft to critically evaluate it; decide whether to rewrite or revise current draft; be systematic






9. Calls for you to consider ways to organize your material






10. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other






11. Speech or written form in which one explains or describes






12. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






13. Are comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship






14. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility






15. Relationship occur whenever one event makes other events happen (key words: consequently - as a result of - accordingly -in order to - if/then)






16. Writers can express their innermost thoughts - feelings - and responses through a variety of personal writing - including journal writing - diaries - logs - personal narratives - and personal essays






17. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - reasons or evidence - anticipation of like objections and responses to them - concluding paragraph






18. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you






19. Flm - art - media - and so on






20. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






21. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






22. The way the an author uses words - phrases - and sentences to formulate ideas






23. Part of your writing that is established by what you say and how you say it






24. Type of argument in logic in which an expert or knowledgeable other is cited for the purpose of strengthening the argument






25. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas






26. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing






27. Repeats another's words exactly and encloses them in quotation marks






28. Leads into the topic of the essay - trying to capture the reader's interest






29. Number - letters - indentations signaling groups and levels of importance; each level has more than one entry; all subdivisions are at the same level of generality; headings don't overlap; only first word (and proper nouns) of each entry capitalize;






30. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work






31. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally






32. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






33. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






34. Toulman's model of arguement






35. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility






36. A pictorial way of constructing knowledge and organizing information; they help the student convert and compress a lot of seemingly disjointed information into a structured - simple-to-read - graphic display; the resulting visual display conveys comp






37. Learning how to write by writing; is an approach which encourages students to communicate their own written messages while simultaneously developing their literacy skills in speaking and reading rather than delaying involvement in the writing process






38. A detailed statement of someone else's statement expressed in your own words and your own sentence structure






39. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about






40. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters






41. Performing speeches - plays - videos; making a speech - participating in debate; creating booklets - brochures - family scrapbooks - or personal web pages; publishing a school newspaper - magazine - or portfolio; submitting work for publication beyon






42. Analogies - extended metaphor - appeal to authority - appeal to emotion






43. The writer shows order of time or the steps in a process






44. Who? what? when? where? why? how?






45. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






46. Impressionistic; method based on theory that a whole piece of writing is greater than the sum of its parts; essays are read for a total impression they create - rather than individual aspects; grammar - spelling - and organization should not be consi






47. Use of positive feedback or cutting wit to mock someone






48. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.






49. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively






50. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect