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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A detailed statement of someone else's statement expressed in your own words and your own sentence structure






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






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






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






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






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






7. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing






8. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






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






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






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. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






17. 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






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






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






20. The 'going public' stage of writing






21. A following of one thing after another (key words: after - next - afterward - during - preceding - finally - immediately - first - later - now)






22. 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






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






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






25. 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;






26. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






27. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






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






30. Vague words are avoided






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






32. Is a metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things) used throughout a work or over a series of lines in prose or poetry






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






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






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






36. Are comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship






37. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






38. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






41. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility






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






43. Speech or written form in which one sets forth to convince






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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