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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Listing all the ideas that come to mind associated with the topic






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






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






4. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility






5. Be specific - use facts/data/statistics - use/attribute quotes; quantify don't qualify; use of 'it seems -' try not to overstate situation - base writing on authority - break down the topic






6. Writing nonstop about anything






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






8. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Age - gender - ethic backgrounds - political philosophies - religious beliefs - roles (student - parent - voter - wage earner - property owner - veteran) - interests hobbies - level of education - amount of general or specialized knowledge about the






15. 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






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






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






18. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Arrange a paragraph - and specific - concrete support for the main idea of the paragraph






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






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






29. 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;






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






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






32. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






35. Flm - art - media - and so on






36. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other






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






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






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






40. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Calls for you to consider ways to organize your material






46. 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






47. Topic that you are discussing






48. Vague words are avoided






49. 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






50. 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