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Writing Process
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Subject
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writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
focus
illustration
audience characteristics
subject
2. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity
thesis statement end
creative
plagerizing
indirect quotations
3. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
free writing
major activities of revision
student-created sources
evidence
4. Speech or written form in which one explains or describes
journalistic questions
peer review
spatial sequence
expository
5. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas
coherence
self-assessment
RENNS
persuasive / argumentative writing
6. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - proofreading and publishing
drafting
stages of the writing process
basic requirements for a thesis statement
rhetorical features
7. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
types of source material
journalistic questions
focus
shaping
8. Style - tone - point of view - sarcasm - counterpoints - praise
argument
revising
rhetorical features
drafting
9. Speech or written form in which one sets forth to convince
RENNS
focused free writing
persuasive
analogies
10. Vague words are avoided
specific language
direct quotation
drafting
tone
11. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect
ways to organize a passage
process writing
audience characteristics
appeal to emotion
12. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
free writing
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
spatial sequence
drafting
13. Repeats another's words exactly and encloses them in quotation marks
direct quotation
ways to avoid generalizations
assertion
developmen
14. 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
persuasive / argumentative writing
point of view
types of discourse
scoring rubics
15. Is to present another person's words or ideas as if they were your own
workplace writing
publishing
tone
plagerizing
16. 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
revising
classification
focus
creative
17. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
creative
MLA
counterpoints
audience
18. Type of argument in logic in which an expert or knowledgeable other is cited for the purpose of strengthening the argument
editing
appeal to authority
illustration
audience characteristics
19. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph
techniques for coherence
specific language
typical elements in informative essay
climax
20. Taking a draft from its preliminary to its final version by evaluating - adding - cutting - moving material - editing - and proofreading
revising
persuasive
chronological order
style
21. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
unity
appeal to authority
proofreading
RENNS
22. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other
RENNS
types of source material
generalizations
quotations
23. 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
mapping
personal writing
scholarly writing
reference works
24. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
reference works
purpose
steps of revision
subject writing
25. State the essay smoothly - not abruptly - flowing logically from the rest of the essay
creative
spatial sequence
cause and effect
thesis statement end
26. Are comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship
analogies
stages of the writing process
indirect quotations
basic requirements for a thesis statement
27. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks
quotations
reference works
other sources
compare and contrast
28. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements
revising
paraphrase
persuasive / argumentative writing
creative writing
29. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility
purpose
generalizations
direct quotation
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
30. Learning how to write by writing; is an approach which encourages students to communicate their own written messages while simultaneously developing their literacy skills in speaking and reading rather than delaying involvement in the writing process
process writing
point of view
creative writing
unity
31. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing
argument
evaluating
analogies
cause and effect
32. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
writing activities
ways to organize a passage
persuasive
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
33. Examples of student's essays - created to organize and explain their selections for end-of-term writing; reveals how much students learn from such reflection; careful attention to students reflections invites instructors to change their approach so t
reference works
portfolios
guidelines for evaluating evidence
types of discourse
34. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters
illustration
workplace writing
paraphrase
style
35. Shifting mentally from judgment; read your draft to critically evaluate it; decide whether to rewrite or revise current draft; be systematic
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
steps of revision
rhetorical strategies
plagerizing
36. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
location
purposes of writing
prewriting
appeal to emotion
37. 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
types of presentation strategies
comparison
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
appeal to authority
38. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
general reading public
direct quotation
techniques for coherence
39. 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;
formal outline guidelines
editing
self-assessment
evidence
40. Speech or written form that debates or argues a topic in a logical way
introductory paragraph
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
argument
drafting
41. Also called clustering and webbing; more visual and less linear
scholarly writing
elements in an argument
reference works
mapping
42. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details
prewriting
illustration
rhetorical strategies
student-created sources
43. Topic that you are discussing
tone
assertion
introductory paragraph
subject
44. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
subject
counterpoints
specific language
reference works
45. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner
location
scoring rubics
shaping
direct quotation
46. Subject - purpose - focus - specific language - briefly state subdivisions
subject
climax
basic requirements for a thesis statement
APA
47. Flm - art - media - and so on
other sources
analogies
rhetorical features
style
48. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - reasons or evidence - anticipation of like objections and responses to them - concluding paragraph
introductory paragraph
drafting
elements in an argument
creative
49. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation
editing
major activities of revision
chronological order
illustration
50. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts
editing
summar
classification
publishing