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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






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






3. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






6. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect






16. 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






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






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






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






20. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about






21. Toulman's model of arguement






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






32. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. Age - gender - ethic backgrounds - political philosophies - religious beliefs - roles (student - parent - voter - wage earner - property owner - veteran) - interests hobbies - level of education - amount of general or specialized knowledge about the






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






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