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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition






7. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






9. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






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






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






15. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






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






25. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






27. This stage of the writing process involve gathering and selecting ideas; teachers can help students in several ways: creating lists - researching - brainstorming -reading to discover more about the author's style - talking - collecting memorabilia or






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. A following of one thing after another (key words: after - next - afterward - during - preceding - finally - immediately - first - later - now)






34. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






48. 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






49. 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;






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