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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence






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






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






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






14. Writing nonstop about anything






15. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books






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






17. 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






18. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition






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






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






27. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






47. The 'going public' stage of writing






48. Vague words are avoided






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






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







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