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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation






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






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






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






5. Topic that you are discussing






6. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner






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






31. Add (insert needed words - sentences - paragraphs) - cut (get rid of whatever goes off topic) - replace (as needed - substitute words - sentences - paragraphs) - move material around (changing sequence of paragraphs)






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Writing nonstop about anything






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






42. The 'going public' stage of writing






43. Toulman's model of arguement






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






45. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas






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






47. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






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






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