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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. A detailed statement of someone else's statement expressed in your own words and your own sentence structure






2. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






3. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






6. Speech or written form that debates or argues a topic in a logical way






7. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. Speech or written form in which one explains or describes






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






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






16. 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;






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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)






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






36. Is to present another person's words or ideas as if they were your own






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






38. The writer demonstrates similarities and differences between two or more subjects






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






40. Flm - art - media - and so on






41. 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






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






43. Vague words are avoided






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






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






46. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






48. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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