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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
editing
purposes of writing
appeal to emotion
focused free writing
2. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence
analogies
praise
evaluating
climax
3. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect
creative writing
compare and contrast
subject
ways to organize a passage
4. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing
process writing
sarcasm
tone
spatial sequence
5. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally
style
peer review
focused free writing
publishing
6. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions
classification
evidence
workplace writing
reference works
7. 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
editing
shaping
the claim - the support - the warrant
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
8. Type of argument in logic in which an expert or knowledgeable other is cited for the purpose of strengthening the argument
appeal to authority
techniques for coherence
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
free writing
9. Speech or written form that debates or argues a topic in a logical way
climax
argument
stages of the writing process
types of discourse
10. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity
creative
unity
tone
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
11. 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
audience
coherence
self-assessment
extended metaphor
12. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing
appeal to authority
analogies
audience
chronological order
13. 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
compare and contrast
expository
formal outline guidelines
journalistic questions
14. 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
generalizations
chronological order
cause and effect
portfolios
15. The writer shows order of time or the steps in a process
audience
location
audience characteristics
chronological order
16. Toulman's model of arguement
specific language
the claim - the support - the warrant
counterpoints
basic requirements for a thesis statement
17. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - reasons or evidence - anticipation of like objections and responses to them - concluding paragraph
evidence
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
source
elements in an argument
18. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
scholarly writing
chronological order
drafting
19. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other
evidence
unity
shaping
counterpoints
20. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
journalistic questions
location
focus
plagerizing
21. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you
shaping
point of view
purpose
introductory paragraph
22. Relationship occur whenever one event makes other events happen (key words: consequently - as a result of - accordingly -in order to - if/then)
sarcasm
prewriting
free writing
cause and effect
23. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs
praise
mapping
evidence
drafting
24. Also called clustering and webbing; more visual and less linear
mapping
introductory paragraph
peer review
focus
25. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas
introductory paragraph
coherence
creative writing
stages of the writing process
26. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details
audience characteristics
journalistic questions
illustration
major activities of revision
27. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others
sarcasm
general reading public
comparison
praise
28. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient
summar
holistic scoring
counterpoints
point of view
29. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
comparison
journalistic questions
proofreading
shaping
30. Is a metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things) used throughout a work or over a series of lines in prose or poetry
ways to organize a passage
praise
reference works
extended metaphor
31. A sentence stating your topic and the point you want to make about it
portfolios
assertion
direct quotation
cause and effect
32. Taking a draft from its preliminary to its final version by evaluating - adding - cutting - moving material - editing - and proofreading
revising
stages of the writing process
brainstorming
specific language
33. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner
the claim - the support - the warrant
location
evidence
ways to avoid generalizations
34. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility
sarcasm
types of discourse
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
point of view
35. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition
source
other sources
personal writing
shaping
36. Use of positive feedback or cutting wit to mock someone
RENNS
self-assessment
extended metaphor
sarcasm
37. Analogies - extended metaphor - appeal to authority - appeal to emotion
paraphrase
ways to organize a passage
rhetorical strategies
cause and effect
38. Essays - research papers - biographies--these types of writing are most prevalent in middle or secondary level classrooms
subject writing
purposes of writing
MLA
scholarly writing
39. Provides students with the opportunity to play with language - to express emotions - to articulate stories - or to develop a drama for others to enjoy
prewriting
types of discourse
extended metaphor
creative writing
40. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about
focused free writing
subject writing
expository
prewriting
41. 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
personal writing
appeal to emotion
compare and contrast
guidelines for evaluating evidence
42. Vague words are avoided
cause and effect
specific language
personal writing
evidence
43. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks
personal writing
comparison
compare and contrast
quotations
44. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
purposes of writing
compare and contrast
analogies
MLA
45. Listing all the ideas that come to mind associated with the topic
ways to avoid generalizations
brainstorming
climax
subject writing
46. 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
quotations
scoring rubics
unity
analogies
47. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
illustration
typical elements in informative essay
basic requirements for a thesis statement
source
48. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure
summar
personal writing
peer review
expository
49. Flm - art - media - and so on
illustration
sarcasm
other sources
self-assessment
50. State the essay smoothly - not abruptly - flowing logically from the rest of the essay
tone
proofreading
quotations
thesis statement end