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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Vague words are avoided






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






9. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






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






20. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






29. Writing nonstop about anything






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






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






32. 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






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






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






35. The way the an author uses words - phrases - and sentences to formulate ideas






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Toulman's model of arguement






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about







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