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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






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






5. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






17. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






18. Vague words are avoided






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






20. Writing nonstop about anything






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






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






23. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions






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






25. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. The way the an author uses words - phrases - and sentences to formulate ideas






36. Calls for you to consider ways to organize your material






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






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






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






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






41. Part of your writing that is established by what you say and how you say it






42. Taking a draft from its preliminary to its final version by evaluating - adding - cutting - moving material - editing - and proofreading






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






44. 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;






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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