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Writing Process
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Study First
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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively
techniques for coherence
free writing
unity
ways to avoid generalizations
2. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient
typical elements in informative essay
purpose
rhetorical strategies
point of view
3. 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
types of presentation strategies
focused free writing
praise
journalistic questions
4. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other
unity
formal outline guidelines
self-assessment
focus
5. The way the an author uses words - phrases - and sentences to formulate ideas
style
reference works
brainstorming
comparison
6. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility
proofreading
extended metaphor
prewriting
tone
7. Subject - purpose - focus - specific language - briefly state subdivisions
typical elements in informative essay
climax
basic requirements for a thesis statement
thesis statement end
8. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
coherence
appeal to authority
MLA
audience characteristics
9. The writer demonstrates similarities and differences between two or more subjects
comparison
guidelines for evaluating evidence
internet
writing activities
10. Vague words are avoided
purpose
specific language
coherence
illustration
11. 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
journalistic questions
cause and effect
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
revising
12. Salinger - J. D. (1945) 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown and Company.
scholarly writing
summar
APA
subject
13. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
illustration
unity
RENNS
free writing
14. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
reference works
brainstorming
elements in an argument
journalistic questions
15. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about
summar
types of source material
style
topic sentence
16. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing
audience
reference works
appeal to authority
extended metaphor
17. Informs the reader of the problem and suggests action to remedy problem (similar to a persuasive argument paper)
scholarly writing
RENNS
problem and solution
evaluating
18. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions
chronological order
cause and effect
revising
evidence
19. 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
summar
appeal to authority
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
holistic scoring
20. Speech or written form that debates or argues a topic in a logical way
audience characteristics
source
argument
indirect quotations
21. 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
appeal to emotion
portfolios
chronological order
internet
22. 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
workplace writing
MLA
scoring rubics
appeal to emotion
23. A detailed statement of someone else's statement expressed in your own words and your own sentence structure
APA
audience
paraphrase
expository
24. Listing all the ideas that come to mind associated with the topic
mapping
personal writing
scholarly writing
brainstorming
25. 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
portfolios
major activities of revision
summar
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
26. Writing nonstop about anything
evidence
steps of revision
free writing
argument
27. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
analogies
source
specific language
28. Arrange a paragraph - and specific - concrete support for the main idea of the paragraph
revising
developmen
audience
proofreading
29. Taking a draft from its preliminary to its final version by evaluating - adding - cutting - moving material - editing - and proofreading
revising
problem and solution
unity
indirect quotations
30. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
major activities of revision
journalistic questions
counterpoints
31. Are comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship
techniques for coherence
evaluating
brainstorming
analogies
32. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - proofreading and publishing
brainstorming
stages of the writing process
MLA
editing
33. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements
RENNS
comparison
persuasive / argumentative writing
extended metaphor
34. Provides students with the opportunity to play with language - to express emotions - to articulate stories - or to develop a drama for others to enjoy
creative writing
guidelines for evaluating evidence
comparison
APA
35. Be specific - use facts/data/statistics - use/attribute quotes; quantify don't qualify; use of 'it seems -' try not to overstate situation - base writing on authority - break down the topic
ways to avoid generalizations
scholarly writing
subject writing
paraphrase
36. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph
typical elements in informative essay
argument
process writing
subject writing
37. 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
persuasive / argumentative writing
tone
location
compare and contrast
38. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details
ways to organize a passage
illustration
source
workplace writing
39. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
revising
drafting
chronological order
persuasive
40. Type of argument in logic in which an expert or knowledgeable other is cited for the purpose of strengthening the argument
internet
sarcasm
persuasive
appeal to authority
41. Spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
purposes of writing
spatial sequence
creative
basic requirements for a thesis statement
42. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
comparison
subject
thesis statement end
43. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
editing
ways to avoid generalizations
argument
purposes of writing
44. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative
shaping
types of discourse
formal outline guidelines
specific language
45. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks
persuasive / argumentative writing
focused free writing
quotations
mapping
46. Leads into the topic of the essay - trying to capture the reader's interest
elements in an argument
thesis statement end
introductory paragraph
unity
47. 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
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
scoring rubics
revising
climax
48. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source
coherence
chronological order
specific language
indirect quotations
49. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books
persuasive / argumentative writing
general reading public
subject
argument
50. 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;
point of view
shaping
types of discourse
formal outline guidelines