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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. State the essay smoothly - not abruptly - flowing logically from the rest of the essay






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






11. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Toulman's model of arguement






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






26. Flm - art - media - and so on






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






32. Vague words are avoided






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






34. The 'going public' stage of writing






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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