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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
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






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






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






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






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






6. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






8. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






11. The particular group of readers or viewers that the writer is addressing






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






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






14. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






17. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






19. Type of argument in which the author appeals to the readers emotions (fear - security - pity - flattery) to prove the argument






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






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






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






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;






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters






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






41. Writing nonstop about anything






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






43. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph






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






45. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work






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






47. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results






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






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






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