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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence






2. The 'going public' stage of writing






3. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






43. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results






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






45. Learning how to write by writing; is an approach which encourages students to communicate their own written messages while simultaneously developing their literacy skills in speaking and reading rather than delaying involvement in the writing process






46. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about






47. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






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