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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. 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






2. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph






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






4. 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






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






6. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






8. The way the an author uses words - phrases - and sentences to formulate ideas






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






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. Vague words are avoided






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






13. 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






14. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions






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






16. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






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






19. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






21. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






33. Part of your writing that is established by what you say and how you say it






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






35. Writing nonstop about anything






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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