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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. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
scholarly writing
publishing
MLA
revising
2. Writing nonstop about anything
scholarly writing
free writing
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
rhetorical features
3. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility
spatial sequence
subject writing
rhetorical strategies
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
4. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect
rhetorical strategies
ways to organize a passage
revising
MLA
5. 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
other sources
personal writing
purpose
proofreading
6. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally
appeal to authority
free writing
peer review
formal outline guidelines
7. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas
editing
tone
coherence
indirect quotations
8. 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;
RENNS
persuasive / argumentative writing
creative
formal outline guidelines
9. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing
tone
classification
subject writing
drafting
10. A following of one thing after another (key words: after - next - afterward - during - preceding - finally - immediately - first - later - now)
creative
chronological order
process writing
point of view
11. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
appeal to authority
prewriting
drafting
free writing
12. Calls for you to consider ways to organize your material
appeal to authority
audience characteristics
creative
shaping
13. Prewriting (also called planning or rehearsal) - shapping - drafting - revising - editing - proofreading and publishing
drafting
extended metaphor
stages of the writing process
prewriting
14. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph
brainstorming
typical elements in informative essay
counterpoints
persuasive / argumentative writing
15. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other
unity
shaping
revising
peer review
16. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message
counterpoints
general reading public
internet
typical elements in informative essay
17. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source
ways to avoid generalizations
purposes of writing
holistic scoring
indirect quotations
18. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing
scholarly writing
summar
audience
classification
19. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results
cause and effect
MLA
classification
personal writing
20. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing
ways to organize a passage
introductory paragraph
evaluating
portfolios
21. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you
purpose
audience
revising
techniques for coherence
22. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
purposes of writing
climax
introductory paragraph
focus
23. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions
other sources
evidence
creative writing
problem and solution
24. State the essay smoothly - not abruptly - flowing logically from the rest of the essay
audience characteristics
indirect quotations
MLA
thesis statement end
25. 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
thesis statement end
internet
stages of the writing process
purpose
26. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details
chronological order
illustration
APA
summar
27. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
journalistic questions
portfolios
the claim - the support - the warrant
purposes of writing
28. 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
generalizations
editing
direct quotation
spatial sequence
29. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books
counterpoints
personal writing
general reading public
problem and solution
30. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about
writing activities
direct quotation
thesis statement end
subject writing
31. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements
style
revising
persuasive / argumentative writing
drafting
32. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about
introductory paragraph
location
topic sentence
cause and effect
33. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence
internet
personal writing
climax
comparison
34. Spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
spatial sequence
drafting
elements in an argument
35. Also called clustering and webbing; more visual and less linear
formal outline guidelines
free writing
mapping
elements in an argument
36. Taking a draft from its preliminary to its final version by evaluating - adding - cutting - moving material - editing - and proofreading
chronological order
revising
tone
portfolios
37. Informs the reader of the problem and suggests action to remedy problem (similar to a persuasive argument paper)
problem and solution
guidelines for evaluating evidence
major activities of revision
rhetorical features
38. Addition (also - in addition - too - moveover); example (for example - for instance - on the otherhand - nevertheless); contrast (but - yet - however - on the other hand); comparison (similarly - likewise - in the same way); concession (of course - t
subject
major activities of revision
developmen
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
39. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
plagerizing
RENNS
problem and solution
generalizations
40. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility
appeal to authority
ways to organize a passage
techniques for coherence
proofreading
41. Salinger - J. D. (1945) 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown and Company.
APA
plagerizing
generalizations
chronological order
42. 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
drafting
topic sentence
rhetorical features
scoring rubics
43. 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
types of presentation strategies
free writing
drafting
brainstorming
44. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative
purpose
types of discourse
illustration
paraphrase
45. 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
introductory paragraph
tone
self-assessment
developmen
46. Repeats another's words exactly and encloses them in quotation marks
revising
direct quotation
paraphrase
praise
47. A detailed statement of someone else's statement expressed in your own words and your own sentence structure
audience
persuasive
paraphrase
spatial sequence
48. The 'going public' stage of writing
creative
source
APA
publishing
49. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
point of view
ways to avoid generalizations
writing activities
types of discourse
50. 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
portfolios
ways to organize a passage
basic requirements for a thesis statement
steps of revision