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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.






2. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






4. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. The 'going public' stage of writing






12. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other






13. 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






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






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






16. Is a metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things) used throughout a work or over a series of lines in prose or poetry






17. 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






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






19. Age - gender - ethic backgrounds - political philosophies - religious beliefs - roles (student - parent - voter - wage earner - property owner - veteran) - interests hobbies - level of education - amount of general or specialized knowledge about the






20. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






21. Informs the reader of the problem and suggests action to remedy problem (similar to a persuasive argument paper)






22. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






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






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






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






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






28. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






30. Toulman's model of arguement






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






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






33. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. Speech or written form that debates or argues a topic in a logical way






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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