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Writing Process
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writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Speech or written form in which one sets forth to convince
purpose
assertion
analogies
persuasive
2. 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
classification
types of presentation strategies
sarcasm
unity
3. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation
prewriting
types of presentation strategies
editing
publishing
4. Style - tone - point of view - sarcasm - counterpoints - praise
rhetorical features
comparison
subject
extended metaphor
5. Writing nonstop about anything
guidelines for evaluating evidence
free writing
problem and solution
focused free writing
6. 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
rhetorical features
paraphrase
audience characteristics
7. 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
ways to avoid generalizations
creative writing
free writing
tone
8. Provides students with the opportunity to play with language - to express emotions - to articulate stories - or to develop a drama for others to enjoy
creative writing
journalistic questions
indirect quotations
scholarly writing
9. 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;
purposes of writing
formal outline guidelines
drafting
rhetorical strategies
10. 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
rhetorical strategies
portfolios
mapping
creative
11. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing
tone
plagerizing
counterpoints
focus
12. Speech or written form that debates or argues a topic in a logical way
extended metaphor
argument
major activities of revision
prewriting
13. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks
proofreading
quotations
direct quotation
focus
14. 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
basic requirements for a thesis statement
prewriting
specific language
free writing
15. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure
creative
summar
formal outline guidelines
rhetorical features
16. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
focus
general reading public
reference works
drafting
17. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner
location
scoring rubics
developmen
counterpoints
18. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - proofreading and publishing
the claim - the support - the warrant
stages of the writing process
types of discourse
process writing
19. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details
steps of revision
self-assessment
shaping
illustration
20. 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
sarcasm
generalizations
extended metaphor
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
21. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source
indirect quotations
coherence
workplace writing
quotations
22. The writer demonstrates similarities and differences between two or more subjects
argument
drafting
specific language
comparison
23. Vague words are avoided
mapping
specific language
audience
ways to organize a passage
24. Are comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship
analogies
evaluating
drafting
illustration
25. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
cause and effect
publishing
purposes of writing
compare and contrast
26. Shifting mentally from judgment; read your draft to critically evaluate it; decide whether to rewrite or revise current draft; be systematic
steps of revision
style
purpose
specific language
27. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively
self-assessment
unity
techniques for coherence
shaping
28. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas
ways to avoid generalizations
major activities of revision
steps of revision
coherence
29. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing
steps of revision
audience
elements in an argument
appeal to authority
30. 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
persuasive / argumentative writing
creative
types of presentation strategies
revising
31. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
editing
RENNS
audience characteristics
spatial sequence
32. The 'going public' stage of writing
publishing
argument
persuasive
audience characteristics
33. A detailed statement of someone else's statement expressed in your own words and your own sentence structure
paraphrase
holistic scoring
rhetorical features
drafting
34. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity
journalistic questions
major activities of revision
creative
portfolios
35. 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
counterpoints
chronological order
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
extended metaphor
36. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about
editing
persuasive
unity
subject writing
37. Is it sufficient? is it representative? is it relevant? is it accurate? are claims qualified?
APA
portfolios
student-created sources
guidelines for evaluating evidence
38. Arrange a paragraph - and specific - concrete support for the main idea of the paragraph
location
developmen
thesis statement end
praise
39. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other
types of source material
source
basic requirements for a thesis statement
cause and effect
40. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
brainstorming
focus
revising
location
41. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally
portfolios
personal writing
peer review
introductory paragraph
42. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing
chronological order
evaluating
praise
editing
43. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions
evidence
plagerizing
other sources
appeal to emotion
44. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
summar
mapping
MLA
counterpoints
45. 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
thesis statement end
creative
summar
self-assessment
46. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements
portfolios
persuasive / argumentative writing
coherence
climax
47. Topic that you are discussing
subject
sarcasm
rhetorical strategies
paraphrase
48. Use of positive feedback or cutting wit to mock someone
major activities of revision
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
publishing
sarcasm
49. 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
direct quotation
drafting
climax
holistic scoring
50. Add (insert needed words - sentences - paragraphs) - cut (get rid of whatever goes off topic) - replace (as needed - substitute words - sentences - paragraphs) - move material around (changing sequence of paragraphs)
journalistic questions
major activities of revision
types of discourse
personal writing