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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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;






8. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally






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






10. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you






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






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






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






14. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






15. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other






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






17. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books






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






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






26. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






27. 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






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






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






30. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






38. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters






39. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on






40. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






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






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






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






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






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






46. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






47. Topic that you are discussing






48. 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






49. 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






50. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others