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Writing Process
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Subject
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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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1. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements
appeal to authority
drafting
persuasive / argumentative writing
cause and effect
2. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph
coherence
praise
typical elements in informative essay
spatial sequence
3. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility
praise
techniques for coherence
paraphrase
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
4. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other
general reading public
assertion
creative writing
types of source material
5. Flm - art - media - and so on
other sources
internet
subject writing
peer review
6. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing
chronological order
focus
tone
creative writing
7. Also called clustering and webbing; more visual and less linear
mapping
purpose
argument
audience
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
generalizations
internet
scoring rubics
journalistic questions
9. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity
workplace writing
steps of revision
typical elements in informative essay
creative
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
internet
spatial sequence
prewriting
rhetorical strategies
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
writing activities
subject writing
compare and contrast
workplace writing
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
workplace writing
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
audience characteristics
chronological order
13. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing
audience
types of presentation strategies
summar
audience characteristics
14. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient
guidelines for evaluating evidence
point of view
appeal to authority
ways to avoid generalizations
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
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
expository
assertion
revising
16. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
source
tone
proofreading
peer review
17. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
subject writing
cause and effect
guidelines for evaluating evidence
writing activities
18. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing
evaluating
paraphrase
personal writing
prewriting
19. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
compare and contrast
reference works
praise
purposes of writing
20. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
scholarly writing
journalistic questions
counterpoints
assertion
21. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other
publishing
cause and effect
unity
tone
22. The 'going public' stage of writing
subject writing
indirect quotations
publishing
APA
23. Writing nonstop about anything
reference works
free writing
creative writing
basic requirements for a thesis statement
24. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - proofreading and publishing
direct quotation
basic requirements for a thesis statement
stages of the writing process
spatial sequence
25. Is it sufficient? is it representative? is it relevant? is it accurate? are claims qualified?
guidelines for evaluating evidence
basic requirements for a thesis statement
developmen
major activities of revision
26. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
sarcasm
stages of the writing process
student-created sources
major activities of revision
27. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally
cause and effect
peer review
tone
internet
28. The writer shows order of time or the steps in a process
scoring rubics
prewriting
types of discourse
chronological order
29. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic
guidelines for evaluating evidence
reference works
focused free writing
personal writing
30. Essays - research papers - biographies--these types of writing are most prevalent in middle or secondary level classrooms
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
scholarly writing
sarcasm
quotations
31. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect
ways to organize a passage
persuasive / argumentative writing
MLA
ways to avoid generalizations
32. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about
subject writing
focus
summar
spatial sequence
33. Type of argument in which the author appeals to the readers emotions (fear - security - pity - flattery) to prove the argument
developmen
appeal to emotion
free writing
subject
34. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts
stages of the writing process
other sources
classification
drafting
35. Use of positive feedback or cutting wit to mock someone
holistic scoring
general reading public
ways to organize a passage
sarcasm
36. Topic that you are discussing
subject
self-assessment
assertion
coherence
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
purposes of writing
generalizations
appeal to authority
indirect quotations
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
RENNS
ways to avoid generalizations
internet
scholarly writing
39. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
rhetorical features
audience
counterpoints
MLA
40. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility
proofreading
tone
major activities of revision
appeal to authority
41. Vague words are avoided
specific language
types of source material
expository
revising
42. Analogies - extended metaphor - appeal to authority - appeal to emotion
analogies
elements in an argument
rhetorical strategies
problem and solution
43. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure
summar
expository
student-created sources
internet
44. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
focused free writing
RENNS
extended metaphor
types of source material
45. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
extended metaphor
focus
purpose
praise
46. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results
brainstorming
stages of the writing process
cause and effect
revising
47. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas
analogies
coherence
typical elements in informative essay
guidelines for evaluating evidence
48. Are comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship
analogies
plagerizing
revising
quotations
49. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters
audience characteristics
workplace writing
source
types of presentation strategies
50. Repeats another's words exactly and encloses them in quotation marks
classification
scoring rubics
direct quotation
rhetorical features