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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Flm - art - media - and so on






15. 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






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






17. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters






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






19. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






20. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






21. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work






22. 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;






23. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






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






27. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively






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






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






30. Performing speeches - plays - videos; making a speech - participating in debate; creating booklets - brochures - family scrapbooks - or personal web pages; publishing a school newspaper - magazine - or portfolio; submitting work for publication beyon






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






32. 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






33. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






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






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






47. Is to present another person's words or ideas as if they were your own






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






49. Arrange a paragraph - and specific - concrete support for the main idea of the paragraph






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







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