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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






2. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity






3. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






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






5. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas






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






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






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






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






10. Vague words are avoided






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other






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






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






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






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






27. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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;






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






41. Also called clustering and webbing; more visual and less linear






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






43. Topic that you are discussing






44. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






47. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






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






50. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts