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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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)






8. 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






9. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






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






12. 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






13. Writing nonstop about anything






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






15. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






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






20. Impressionistic; method based on theory that a whole piece of writing is greater than the sum of its parts; essays are read for a total impression they create - rather than individual aspects; grammar - spelling - and organization should not be consi






21. This is the stage of writing that involves rewriting or 're-seeing;' emphasis is place on examining sentence structure - word choice - voice - and organization of the piece






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






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






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






25. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






28. Essays - research papers - biographies--these types of writing are most prevalent in middle or secondary level classrooms






29. 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






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






31. Leads into the topic of the essay - trying to capture the reader's interest






32. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - reasons or evidence - anticipation of like objections and responses to them - concluding paragraph






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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;






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






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






45. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






48. Vague words are avoided






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






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