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Writing Process
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writing-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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
spatial sequence
portfolios
expository
assertion
2. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph
climax
rhetorical strategies
typical elements in informative essay
rhetorical features
3. Arrange a paragraph - and specific - concrete support for the main idea of the paragraph
subject
direct quotation
comparison
developmen
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
APA
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
revising
appeal to authority
5. The writer demonstrates similarities and differences between two or more subjects
rhetorical strategies
comparison
stages of the writing process
analogies
6. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
typical elements in informative essay
counterpoints
holistic scoring
praise
7. A sentence stating your topic and the point you want to make about it
ways to organize a passage
types of source material
specific language
assertion
8. The way the an author uses words - phrases - and sentences to formulate ideas
style
mapping
reference works
persuasive
9. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity
climax
expository
creative
publishing
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
appeal to authority
cause and effect
generalizations
subject writing
11. Vague words are avoided
shaping
formal outline guidelines
specific language
proofreading
12. Is it sufficient? is it representative? is it relevant? is it accurate? are claims qualified?
focused free writing
rhetorical strategies
guidelines for evaluating evidence
shaping
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
formal outline guidelines
prewriting
editing
direct quotation
14. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
other sources
evidence
argument
15. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient
point of view
source
types of discourse
writing activities
16. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic
process writing
focused free writing
scoring rubics
classification
17. Repeats another's words exactly and encloses them in quotation marks
climax
direct quotation
RENNS
focus
18. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
journalistic questions
tone
quotations
mapping
19. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
focus
scoring rubics
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
rhetorical features
20. Relationship occur whenever one event makes other events happen (key words: consequently - as a result of - accordingly -in order to - if/then)
cause and effect
purposes of writing
comparison
analogies
21. Flm - art - media - and so on
shaping
workplace writing
other sources
ways to avoid generalizations
22. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
prewriting
ways to organize a passage
paraphrase
23. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - reasons or evidence - anticipation of like objections and responses to them - concluding paragraph
elements in an argument
other sources
purposes of writing
persuasive
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
introductory paragraph
compare and contrast
holistic scoring
argument
25. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
direct quotation
source
writing activities
developmen
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
cause and effect
free writing
process writing
expository
27. Calls for you to consider ways to organize your material
shaping
portfolios
appeal to emotion
introductory paragraph
28. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing
tone
reference works
other sources
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
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
MLA
personal writing
extended metaphor
types of presentation strategies
30. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner
point of view
location
persuasive / argumentative writing
other sources
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
unity
style
reference works
scoring rubics
32. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
chronological order
proofreading
drafting
mapping
33. Part of your writing that is established by what you say and how you say it
proofreading
holistic scoring
tone
evaluating
34. Salinger - J. D. (1945) 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown and Company.
topic sentence
APA
formal outline guidelines
stages of the writing process
35. Writing nonstop about anything
point of view
tone
expository
free writing
36. Informs the reader of the problem and suggests action to remedy problem (similar to a persuasive argument paper)
subject
problem and solution
persuasive / argumentative writing
direct quotation
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
chronological order
comparison
internet
argument
38. Is a metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things) used throughout a work or over a series of lines in prose or poetry
workplace writing
drafting
holistic scoring
extended metaphor
39. Speech or written form in which one sets forth to convince
persuasive
revising
focused free writing
location
40. Essays - research papers - biographies--these types of writing are most prevalent in middle or secondary level classrooms
problem and solution
scholarly writing
unity
major activities of revision
41. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation
editing
revising
source
classification
42. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
stages of the writing process
MLA
guidelines for evaluating evidence
purposes of writing
43. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results
cause and effect
drafting
style
comparison
44. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
purpose
general reading public
source
paraphrase
45. Is to present another person's words or ideas as if they were your own
rhetorical features
types of source material
proofreading
plagerizing
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
persuasive / argumentative writing
chronological order
stages of the writing process
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
47. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas
location
self-assessment
basic requirements for a thesis statement
coherence
48. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence
typical elements in informative essay
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
cause and effect
climax
49. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - proofreading and publishing
stages of the writing process
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
creative
point of view
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
spatial sequence
subject writing
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)