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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence






2. Writing nonstop about anything






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






12. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






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






15. Vague words are avoided






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






22. The 'going public' stage of writing






23. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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. 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)






36. Who? what? when? where? why? how?






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






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






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






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






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






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






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