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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you






2. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






3. 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






4. 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






5. Writing nonstop about anything






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






27. Vague words are avoided






28. Type of argument in logic in which an expert or knowledgeable other is cited for the purpose of strengthening the argument






29. Toulman's model of arguement






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






31. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






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






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






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






36. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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;






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






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






43. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






45. Informs the reader of the problem and suggests action to remedy problem (similar to a persuasive argument paper)






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






47. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






50. Provides students with the opportunity to play with language - to express emotions - to articulate stories - or to develop a drama for others to enjoy