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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. 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






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






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






4. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. State the essay smoothly - not abruptly - flowing logically from the rest of the essay






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






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






23. Toulman's model of arguement






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






36. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






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






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






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






40. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






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






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






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






45. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation






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






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






48. Vague words are avoided






49. 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






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