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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Age - gender - ethic backgrounds - political philosophies - religious beliefs - roles (student - parent - voter - wage earner - property owner - veteran) - interests hobbies - level of education - amount of general or specialized knowledge about the






2. 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






3. Informs the reader of the problem and suggests action to remedy problem (similar to a persuasive argument paper)






4. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






5. Be specific - use facts/data/statistics - use/attribute quotes; quantify don't qualify; use of 'it seems -' try not to overstate situation - base writing on authority - break down the topic






6. 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






7. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






9. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure






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






11. 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;






12. This stage of the writing process involve gathering and selecting ideas; teachers can help students in several ways: creating lists - researching - brainstorming -reading to discover more about the author's style - talking - collecting memorabilia or






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






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






15. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions






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






17. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph






18. 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






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






20. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing






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






22. Can be used in a group work to assist writers in raising their awareness about the quality of their contributions to the group; part of any writing assignment to summarize strengths and weaknesses they see in their writing






23. Toulman's model of arguement






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






25. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient






26. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements






27. Spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. Type of argument in which the author appeals to the readers emotions (fear - security - pity - flattery) to prove the argument






35. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






36. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






39. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






40. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas






41. The writer demonstrates similarities and differences between two or more subjects






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






43. Listing all the ideas that come to mind associated with the topic






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






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






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






47. A following of one thing after another (key words: after - next - afterward - during - preceding - finally - immediately - first - later - now)






48. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence






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






50. State the essay smoothly - not abruptly - flowing logically from the rest of the essay