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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Topic that you are discussing






2. Leads into the topic of the essay - trying to capture the reader's interest






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






4. 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






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






6. Writing nonstop about anything






7. 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






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






9. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






14. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






16. 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






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






18. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






19. Toulman's model of arguement






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






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






22. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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;






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






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






39. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






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






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






42. Shifting mentally from judgment; read your draft to critically evaluate it; decide whether to rewrite or revise current draft; be systematic






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






44. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






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






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






49. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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