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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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1. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas
coherence
writing activities
types of source material
rhetorical strategies
2. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
plagerizing
indirect quotations
introductory paragraph
journalistic questions
3. Part of your writing that is established by what you say and how you say it
tone
revising
evaluating
coherence
4. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
holistic scoring
drafting
shaping
RENNS
5. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
student-created sources
stages of the writing process
unity
argument
6. 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
proofreading
types of presentation strategies
MLA
workplace writing
7. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about
general reading public
expository
topic sentence
focused free writing
8. A sentence stating your topic and the point you want to make about it
assertion
mapping
summar
focus
9. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
climax
style
reference works
illustration
10. Type of argument in logic in which an expert or knowledgeable other is cited for the purpose of strengthening the argument
appeal to authority
purpose
developmen
argument
11. Repeats another's words exactly and encloses them in quotation marks
drafting
problem and solution
source
direct quotation
12. The 'going public' stage of writing
publishing
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
analogies
peer review
13. Shifting mentally from judgment; read your draft to critically evaluate it; decide whether to rewrite or revise current draft; be systematic
steps of revision
cause and effect
summar
appeal to emotion
14. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition
reference works
shaping
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
RENNS
15. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source
process writing
indirect quotations
guidelines for evaluating evidence
source
16. 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
proofreading
journalistic questions
stages of the writing process
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
17. Arrange a paragraph - and specific - concrete support for the main idea of the paragraph
internet
coherence
focus
developmen
18. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure
mapping
evaluating
formal outline guidelines
summar
19. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books
personal writing
counterpoints
general reading public
shaping
20. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other
types of source material
compare and contrast
location
proofreading
21. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
coherence
focus
extended metaphor
peer review
22. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively
techniques for coherence
compare and contrast
audience characteristics
style
23. A following of one thing after another (key words: after - next - afterward - during - preceding - finally - immediately - first - later - now)
proofreading
tone
assertion
chronological order
24. Toulman's model of arguement
the claim - the support - the warrant
appeal to emotion
revising
journalistic questions
25. 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
quotations
indirect quotations
compare and contrast
typical elements in informative essay
26. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you
writing activities
argument
peer review
purpose
27. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
location
extended metaphor
counterpoints
specific language
28. Use of positive feedback or cutting wit to mock someone
types of presentation strategies
assertion
comparison
sarcasm
29. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
APA
revising
coherence
drafting
30. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results
scholarly writing
cause and effect
ways to organize a passage
steps of revision
31. Analogies - extended metaphor - appeal to authority - appeal to emotion
rhetorical strategies
cause and effect
types of presentation strategies
style
32. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
creative
workplace writing
source
free writing
33. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
point of view
portfolios
plagerizing
purposes of writing
34. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
creative
MLA
generalizations
appeal to authority
35. Vague words are avoided
chronological order
rhetorical strategies
specific language
evaluating
36. 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;
formal outline guidelines
mapping
cause and effect
drafting
37. 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
self-assessment
general reading public
classification
typical elements in informative essay
38. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements
counterpoints
creative
quotations
persuasive / argumentative writing
39. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect
indirect quotations
reference works
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
ways to organize a passage
40. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic
scholarly writing
publishing
ways to organize a passage
focused free writing
41. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient
point of view
thesis statement end
chronological order
prewriting
42. 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
major activities of revision
shaping
holistic scoring
assertion
43. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation
stages of the writing process
creative
self-assessment
editing
44. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility
proofreading
major activities of revision
spatial sequence
workplace writing
45. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions
evidence
plagerizing
shaping
introductory paragraph
46. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing
problem and solution
internet
evaluating
RENNS
47. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about
subject writing
creative
argument
location
48. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks
quotations
classification
summar
revising
49. Subject - purpose - focus - specific language - briefly state subdivisions
plagerizing
basic requirements for a thesis statement
prewriting
purpose
50. Speech or written form in which one sets forth to convince
editing
proofreading
persuasive
guidelines for evaluating evidence