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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements






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






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






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






5. Flm - art - media - and so on






6. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






8. 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






9. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication






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






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






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






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






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






22. The 'going public' stage of writing






23. Writing nonstop about anything






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






25. Is it sufficient? is it representative? is it relevant? is it accurate? are claims qualified?






26. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






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






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






29. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






30. Essays - research papers - biographies--these types of writing are most prevalent in middle or secondary level classrooms






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






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






33. Type of argument in which the author appeals to the readers emotions (fear - security - pity - flattery) to prove the argument






34. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






35. Use of positive feedback or cutting wit to mock someone






36. Topic that you are discussing






37. 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






38. 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






39. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






41. Vague words are avoided






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






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






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






45. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






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






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






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