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Writing Process
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Subject
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writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. The exact words of a source set off in quotation marks
scholarly writing
steps of revision
free writing
quotations
2. Who? what? when? where? why? how?
major activities of revision
argument
prewriting
journalistic questions
3. Salinger - J.D. 'The Catcher in the Rye.' New York: Little - Brown - and Company - 1945.
MLA
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
specific language
cause and effect
4. Relationship occur whenever one event makes other events happen (key words: consequently - as a result of - accordingly -in order to - if/then)
cause and effect
types of discourse
shaping
coherence
5. Middle and secondary level students learn how to prepare resumes - cover letters - job applications - and business letters
appeal to authority
creative writing
workplace writing
quotations
6. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)
direct quotation
evidence
counterpoints
RENNS
7. To express yourself - to inform a reader - to persuade a reader - to create a literary work
purposes of writing
thesis statement end
types of discourse
scoring rubics
8. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others
praise
classification
graphic organizer (Also known as concept maps - entity relationship charts - and mind maps)
extended metaphor
9. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition
holistic scoring
shaping
sarcasm
student-created sources
10. The 'going public' stage of writing
publishing
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
spatial sequence
holistic scoring
11. Introductory paragraph - thesis statement - background information - points of discussion - concluding paragraph
typical elements in informative essay
workplace writing
chronological order
comparison
12. Analogies - extended metaphor - appeal to authority - appeal to emotion
rhetorical strategies
workplace writing
evaluating
argument
13. In this stage - you begin writing - connecting - and developing ideas
evaluating
sarcasm
process writing
drafting
14. Taking a draft from its preliminary to its final version by evaluating - adding - cutting - moving material - editing - and proofreading
general reading public
sarcasm
peer review
revising
15. Is it sufficient? is it representative? is it relevant? is it accurate? are claims qualified?
paraphrase
guidelines for evaluating evidence
scholarly writing
argument
16. Be logical - enlist the emotions of the reader - establish credibility
publishing
guidelines for reasoning effectively in written arguement
praise
sarcasm
17. Writing interviews - accounts - profiles - or descriptions to capture the meaning of the subject being written about
location
subject writing
topic sentence
rhetorical features
18. Acting a referee; evaluating a colleague's work professionally
creative writing
peer review
focus
formal outline guidelines
19. The writer demonstrates similarities and differences between two or more subjects
comparison
scholarly writing
prewriting
creative writing
20. Vague words are avoided
purpose
ways to avoid generalizations
types of discourse
specific language
21. A condensed statement of main points of someone else's passage expressed in your own words and sentence structure
topic sentence
summar
personal writing
subject
22. Speech or written form in which one expresses thoughts and feelings with imagination and creativity
major activities of revision
creative
APA
assertion
23. Add (insert needed words - sentences - paragraphs) - cut (get rid of whatever goes off topic) - replace (as needed - substitute words - sentences - paragraphs) - move material around (changing sequence of paragraphs)
climax
cause and effect
personal writing
major activities of revision
24. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility
revising
audience characteristics
types of presentation strategies
proofreading
25. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other
persuasive
creative writing
types of source material
subject writing
26. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals
student-created sources
source
self-assessment
personal writing
27. The writer describes a person - place - or thing and organizes it in the description in a logical manner
plagerizing
location
journalistic questions
problem and solution
28. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively
drafting
compare and contrast
techniques for coherence
paraphrase
29. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results
cause and effect
types of presentation strategies
unity
sarcasm
30. 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
quotations
common transitional expressions and the relationships they signal
illustration
holistic scoring
31. Arrange a paragraph - and specific - concrete support for the main idea of the paragraph
types of presentation strategies
drafting
quotations
developmen
32. The writer shows order of time or the steps in a process
stages of the writing process
types of presentation strategies
chronological order
developmen
33. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about
elements in an argument
point of view
topic sentence
tone
34. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source
workplace writing
creative
indirect quotations
ways to organize a passage
35. A book - article - videotape - or any other form of communication
source
shaping
cause and effect
thesis statement end
36. 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
prewriting
typical elements in informative essay
personal writing
scoring rubics
37. 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
types of discourse
compare and contrast
purpose
typical elements in informative essay
38. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas
coherence
workplace writing
spatial sequence
the claim - the support - the warrant
39. A following of one thing after another (key words: after - next - afterward - during - preceding - finally - immediately - first - later - now)
chronological order
techniques for coherence
guidelines for evaluating evidence
problem and solution
40. Leads into the topic of the essay - trying to capture the reader's interest
assertion
types of presentation strategies
ways to avoid generalizations
introductory paragraph
41. 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
persuasive
shaping
prewriting
scholarly writing
42. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books
workplace writing
coherence
general reading public
analogies
43. Type of argument in which the author appeals to the readers emotions (fear - security - pity - flattery) to prove the argument
spatial sequence
appeal to emotion
writing activities
subject
44. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing
writing activities
internet
elements in an argument
cause and effect
45. Achieved when all parts of the essay relate to the thesis statement and to each other
unity
ways to organize a passage
holistic scoring
shaping
46. The details are stated first - followed by a topic sentence
proofreading
climax
types of source material
plagerizing
47. 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
problem and solution
topic sentence
formal outline guidelines
audience characteristics
48. Your assertion that conveys your point of view
rhetorical features
focus
spatial sequence
scoring rubics
49. Speech or written form in which one sets forth to convince
audience
persuasive
MLA
peer review
50. 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
problem and solution
revising
tone
generalizations