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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The writer shows order of time or the steps in a process






2. Style - tone - point of view - sarcasm - counterpoints - praise






3. Examples of student's essays - created to organize and explain their selections for end-of-term writing; reveals how much students learn from such reflection; careful attention to students reflections invites instructors to change their approach so t






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






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






6. 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






7. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






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






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






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






13. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






14. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Flm - art - media - and so on






21. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Topic that you are discussing






31. Add (insert needed words - sentences - paragraphs) - cut (get rid of whatever goes off topic) - replace (as needed - substitute words - sentences - paragraphs) - move material around (changing sequence of paragraphs)






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






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






34. Also called clustering and webbing; more visual and less linear






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






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






37. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication






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






39. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source






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






41. Is a metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things) used throughout a work or over a series of lines in prose or poetry






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






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






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






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






46. Provides students with the opportunity to play with language - to express emotions - to articulate stories - or to develop a drama for others to enjoy






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






48. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






49. 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






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