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Writing Process
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writing-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
stages of the writing process
generalizations
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
guidelines for evaluating evidence
2. Arrange a paragraph - and specific - concrete support for the main idea of the paragraph
expository
quotations
developmen
rhetorical features
3. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details
topic sentence
revising
illustration
audience
4. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
major activities of revision
student-created sources
MLA
mapping
5. The writer demonstrates similarities and differences between two or more subjects
introductory paragraph
compare and contrast
problem and solution
comparison
6. The 'going public' stage of writing
writing activities
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
publishing
general reading public
7. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks
elements in an argument
paraphrase
classification
quotations
8. Topic that you are discussing
subject
problem and solution
developmen
plagerizing
9. 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
creative writing
persuasive / argumentative writing
subject writing
types of presentation strategies
10. 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
portfolios
persuasive / argumentative writing
reference works
drafting
11. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing
prewriting
audience
types of source material
location
12. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
shaping
holistic scoring
specific language
journalistic questions
13. Dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on
style
student-created sources
types of discourse
reference works
14. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
coherence
free writing
stages of the writing process
focus
15. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
free writing
source
specific language
16. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about
subject writing
specific language
source
illustration
17. Flm - art - media - and so on
scholarly writing
audience characteristics
tone
other sources
18. Essays - research papers - biographies--these types of writing are most prevalent in middle or secondary level classrooms
scholarly writing
other sources
drafting
scoring rubics
19. Type of argument in which the author appeals to the readers emotions (fear - security - pity - flattery) to prove the argument
appeal to emotion
appeal to authority
problem and solution
assertion
20. 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
audience characteristics
APA
unity
scoring rubics
21. Part of your writing that is established by what you say and how you say it
drafting
tone
classification
publishing
22. Type of argument in logic in which an expert or knowledgeable other is cited for the purpose of strengthening the argument
appeal to authority
location
climax
techniques for coherence
23. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - reasons or evidence - anticipation of like objections and responses to them - concluding paragraph
mapping
elements in an argument
proofreading
the claim - the support - the warrant
24. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence
chronological order
assertion
climax
guidelines for evaluating evidence
25. Speech or written form in which one sets forth to convince
tone
praise
persuasive
creative
26. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other
process writing
unity
plagerizing
free writing
27. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative
ways to avoid generalizations
types of discourse
argument
classification
28. Listing all the ideas that come to mind associated with the topic
brainstorming
tone
unity
coherence
29. Is a metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things) used throughout a work or over a series of lines in prose or poetry
cause and effect
style
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
extended metaphor
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
process writing
appeal to emotion
reference works
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
31. Subject - purpose - focus - specific language - briefly state subdivisions
ways to avoid generalizations
cause and effect
basic requirements for a thesis statement
journalistic questions
32. 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;
mapping
persuasive
formal outline guidelines
cause and effect
33. Style - tone - point of view - sarcasm - counterpoints - praise
rhetorical features
portfolios
unity
topic sentence
34. 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
comparison
summar
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
RENNS
35. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally
compare and contrast
rhetorical strategies
peer review
revising
36. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other
free writing
types of presentation strategies
types of source material
stages of the writing process
37. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure
generalizations
reference works
summar
ways to avoid generalizations
38. Informs the reader of the problem and suggests action to remedy problem (similar to a persuasive argument paper)
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
illustration
journalistic questions
problem and solution
39. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
general reading public
workplace writing
revising
40. Analogies - extended metaphor - appeal to authority - appeal to emotion
RENNS
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
rhetorical strategies
free writing
41. Writing nonstop about anything
direct quotation
illustration
types of discourse
free writing
42. 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
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
personal writing
classification
journalistic questions
43. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph
creative
typical elements in informative essay
formal outline guidelines
argument
44. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
generalizations
journalistic questions
student-created sources
drafting
45. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
steps of revision
self-assessment
purposes of writing
other sources
46. A following of one thing after another (key words: after - next - afterward - during - preceding - finally - immediately - first - later - now)
major activities of revision
coherence
chronological order
rhetorical features
47. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results
appeal to emotion
coherence
cause and effect
self-assessment
48. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient
point of view
appeal to emotion
creative writing
MLA
49. Speech or written form that debates or argues a topic in a logical way
student-created sources
introductory paragraph
argument
prewriting
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
scoring rubics
indirect quotations
persuasive
developmen