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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Toulman's model of arguement






7. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






8. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






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






11. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - proofreading and publishing






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






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






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






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






16. Is to present another person's words or ideas as if they were your own






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Speech or written form in which one sets forth to convince






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Is it sufficient? is it representative? is it relevant? is it accurate? are claims qualified?






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






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






32. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






39. 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






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






41. Spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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)






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






49. The 'going public' stage of writing






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