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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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)






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






6. 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






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






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






9. A sentence stating your topic and the point you want to make about it






10. 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






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






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






13. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






14. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






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






21. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition






22. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






31. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






33. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






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







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