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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively






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






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






4. 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;






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Vague words are avoided






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Informs the reader of the problem and suggests action to remedy problem (similar to a persuasive argument paper)






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Impressionistic; method based on theory that a whole piece of writing is greater than the sum of its parts; essays are read for a total impression they create - rather than individual aspects; grammar - spelling - and organization should not be consi






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






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






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






43. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






46. 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






47. Use of positive feedback or cutting wit to mock someone






48. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks






49. 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






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