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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. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative
peer review
tone
focused free writing
types of discourse
2. Use of positive feedback or cutting wit to mock someone
sarcasm
reference works
classification
guidelines for evaluating evidence
3. 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
praise
expository
coherence
types of presentation strategies
4. Is it sufficient? is it representative? is it relevant? is it accurate? are claims qualified?
proofreading
guidelines for evaluating evidence
mapping
compare and contrast
5. Type of argument in which the author appeals to the readers emotions (fear - security - pity - flattery) to prove the argument
ways to avoid generalizations
tone
appeal to emotion
self-assessment
6. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results
focus
cause and effect
drafting
RENNS
7. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters
workplace writing
purpose
revising
peer review
8. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
writing activities
stages of the writing process
focused free writing
spatial sequence
9. 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
generalizations
creative
brainstorming
persuasive / argumentative writing
10. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence
the claim - the support - the warrant
climax
ways to organize a passage
types of presentation strategies
11. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you
analogies
purpose
drafting
typical elements in informative essay
12. The writer shows order of time or the steps in a process
coherence
chronological order
topic sentence
thesis statement end
13. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
guidelines for evaluating evidence
shaping
holistic scoring
source
14. Writing nonstop about anything
coherence
extended metaphor
basic requirements for a thesis statement
free writing
15. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books
types of discourse
coherence
tone
general reading public
16. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
steps of revision
ways to organize a passage
scoring rubics
MLA
17. 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
audience characteristics
style
typical elements in informative essay
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
18. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others
basic requirements for a thesis statement
types of discourse
praise
introductory paragraph
19. 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
publishing
portfolios
revising
internet
20. 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
tone
drafting
personal writing
drafting
21. This stage involves checking for style and conventions--spelling - grammar - usage - and punctuation
generalizations
editing
style
point of view
22. Chronological order - classification - illustration - climax - location - comparison - cause and effect
guidelines for evaluating evidence
topic sentence
drafting
ways to organize a passage
23. A sentence stating your topic and the point you want to make about it
student-created sources
evidence
appeal to authority
assertion
24. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition
chronological order
shaping
self-assessment
reference works
25. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing
subject
scholarly writing
audience
analogies
26. Analogies - extended metaphor - appeal to authority - appeal to emotion
spatial sequence
workplace writing
rhetorical strategies
summar
27. Topic that you are discussing
tone
process writing
basic requirements for a thesis statement
subject
28. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
journalistic questions
subject
argument
major activities of revision
29. Speech or written form in which one explains or describes
student-created sources
expository
drafting
free writing
30. Shifting mentally from judgment; read your draft to critically evaluate it; decide whether to rewrite or revise current draft; be systematic
topic sentence
other sources
steps of revision
the claim - the support - the warrant
31. 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
coherence
portfolios
self-assessment
topic sentence
32. Taking a draft from its preliminary to its final version by evaluating - adding - cutting - moving material - editing - and proofreading
revising
unity
writing activities
proofreading
33. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner
assertion
elements in an argument
source
location
34. Repeats another's words exactly and encloses them in quotation marks
drafting
topic sentence
direct quotation
compare and contrast
35. 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
revising
techniques for coherence
prewriting
tone
36. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details
RENNS
indirect quotations
illustration
revising
37. Salinger - J. D. (1945) 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown and Company.
summar
APA
evaluating
steps of revision
38. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
personal writing
summar
formal outline guidelines
39. The writer demonstrates similarities and differences between two or more subjects
shaping
appeal to emotion
comparison
drafting
40. Provides students with the opportunity to play with language - to express emotions - to articulate stories - or to develop a drama for others to enjoy
creative writing
counterpoints
analogies
persuasive / argumentative writing
41. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
RENNS
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
appeal to emotion
source
42. The way the an author uses words - phrases - and sentences to formulate ideas
persuasive
general reading public
holistic scoring
style
43. The perspective from which a piece is written; first person - third person - omniscient - limited omniscient
general reading public
illustration
ways to avoid generalizations
point of view
44. Part of your writing that is established by what you say and how you say it
tone
developmen
basic requirements for a thesis statement
chronological order
45. Flm - art - media - and so on
the claim - the support - the warrant
ways to organize a passage
other sources
RENNS
46. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
APA
argument
appeal to emotion
purposes of writing
47. The 'going public' stage of writing
evidence
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
publishing
ways to avoid generalizations
48. Vague words are avoided
mapping
illustration
drafting
specific language
49. Style - tone - point of view - sarcasm - counterpoints - praise
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
compare and contrast
rhetorical features
scholarly writing
50. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions
creative writing
paraphrase
evidence
specific language
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