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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source






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






11. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility






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






13. 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






14. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






16. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing






17. 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;






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






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






20. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






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






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






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






36. Impressionistic; method based on theory that a whole piece of writing is greater than the sum of its parts; essays are read for a total impression they create - rather than individual aspects; grammar - spelling - and organization should not be consi






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






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






39. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






41. The writer shows order of time or the steps in a process






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message