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Writing Process
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Subject
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writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The 'going public' stage of writing
rhetorical features
publishing
tone
chronological order
2. A detailed statement of someone else's statement expressed in your own words and your own sentence structure
paraphrase
focused free writing
student-created sources
formal outline guidelines
3. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you
style
purpose
ways to avoid generalizations
location
4. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other
types of presentation strategies
revising
types of source material
journalistic questions
5. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity
purpose
creative
subject
basic requirements for a thesis statement
6. Toulman's model of arguement
the claim - the support - the warrant
shaping
creative writing
formal outline guidelines
7. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - reasons or evidence - anticipation of like objections and responses to them - concluding paragraph
persuasive / argumentative writing
guidelines for evaluating evidence
elements in an argument
brainstorming
8. Is a metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things) used throughout a work or over a series of lines in prose or poetry
persuasive
other sources
summar
extended metaphor
9. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph
expository
cause and effect
typical elements in informative essay
RENNS
10. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility
rhetorical strategies
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
specific language
point of view
11. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing
prewriting
persuasive / argumentative writing
location
tone
12. 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
source
drafting
formal outline guidelines
compare and contrast
13. A sentence stating your topic and the point you want to make about it
peer review
assertion
appeal to authority
drafting
14. The writer shows order of time or the steps in a process
indirect quotations
publishing
chronological order
creative writing
15. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs
direct quotation
RENNS
drafting
compare and contrast
16. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
MLA
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
writing activities
generalizations
17. Is to present another person's words or ideas as if they were your own
quotations
plagerizing
personal writing
basic requirements for a thesis statement
18. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books
shaping
revising
general reading public
ways to avoid generalizations
19. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
problem and solution
counterpoints
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
appeal to authority
20. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about
subject writing
purpose
comparison
publishing
21. 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
types of source material
peer review
self-assessment
generalizations
22. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation
holistic scoring
developmen
cause and effect
editing
23. Are comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship
specific language
analogies
techniques for coherence
indirect quotations
24. Style - tone - point of view - sarcasm - counterpoints - praise
rhetorical features
appeal to emotion
source
shaping
25. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts
tone
chronological order
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
classification
26. Spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
scoring rubics
RENNS
tone
spatial sequence
27. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient
formal outline guidelines
guidelines for evaluating evidence
point of view
general reading public
28. 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
evidence
self-assessment
ways to organize a passage
other sources
29. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility
rhetorical features
proofreading
drafting
focused free writing
30. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
drafting
types of discourse
source
focus
31. 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
formal outline guidelines
personal writing
types of source material
chronological order
32. 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
scholarly writing
shaping
techniques for coherence
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
33. 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
scoring rubics
counterpoints
ways to organize a passage
holistic scoring
34. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure
drafting
types of presentation strategies
summar
cause and effect
35. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks
brainstorming
chronological order
cause and effect
quotations
36. Writing nonstop about anything
problem and solution
style
free writing
audience
37. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
analogies
workplace writing
journalistic questions
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
38. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
tone
RENNS
comparison
compare and contrast
39. 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
generalizations
persuasive / argumentative writing
prewriting
cause and effect
40. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
scoring rubics
focused free writing
persuasive / argumentative writing
41. Online: dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on; various search engines and portals to gather ideas and information
internet
expository
generalizations
portfolios
42. Flm - art - media - and so on
steps of revision
typical elements in informative essay
self-assessment
other sources
43. Topic that you are discussing
types of source material
subject
other sources
formal outline guidelines
44. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others
student-created sources
praise
plagerizing
counterpoints
45. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner
location
personal writing
focus
introductory paragraph
46. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results
workplace writing
cause and effect
assertion
praise
47. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other
writing activities
unity
creative
generalizations
48. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence
rhetorical features
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
climax
purposes of writing
49. Also called clustering and webbing; more visual and less linear
climax
subject writing
mapping
student-created sources
50. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition
paraphrase
evaluating
shaping
ways to avoid generalizations