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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Descriptive scoring schemes that are developed by teachers and other evaluators to guide analysis of the products or process of a a students efforts; scoring requires certain criteria to be met; example: (3) meets expectation (2) adequate (1) needs i






7. Toulman's model of arguement






8. 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






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






10. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






11. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






12. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details






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






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






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






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






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






18. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity






19. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - proofreading and publishing






20. Vague words are avoided






21. Addition (also - in addition - too - moveover); example (for example - for instance - on the otherhand - nevertheless); contrast (but - yet - however - on the other hand); comparison (similarly - likewise - in the same way); concession (of course - t






22. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






23. Can overstate or understate a fact; can cause skepticism; undermine the writer's authority; (key words: all - everyone - always - many - never - nobody); creates inaccuracies; can produce false statements






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






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






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






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






28. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)






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






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






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






32. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results






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






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






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






36. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






38. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






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






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






44. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






46. Taking a draft from its preliminary to its final version by evaluating - adding - cutting - moving material - editing - and proofreading






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






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






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






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