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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books






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






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






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






5. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about






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






19. 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






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






21. Listing all the ideas that come to mind associated with the topic






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






23. 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






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






25. Type of argument in logic in which an expert or knowledgeable other is cited for the purpose of strengthening the argument






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






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






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






29. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






39. Used to show similarities and differences (key words: although - but - still - yet - compared with - as opposed to - different from - either/or - neither/nor - in common - similarly






40. 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






41. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






42. 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






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






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






45. 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;






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






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






48. 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






49. 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)






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