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Writing Process

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






5. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






6. 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






7. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions






8. A memory device to check for specific - concrete details: reason - examples - names - numbers - senses (sight - sound - smell - taste - touch)






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






10. A detailed statement of someone else's statement expressed in your own words and your own sentence structure






11. Relationship occur whenever one event makes other events happen (key words: consequently - as a result of - accordingly -in order to - if/then)






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. State the essay smoothly - not abruptly - flowing logically from the rest of the essay






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






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






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






21. Students learn rhetorical strategies to persuade others - such as by writing editorials - arguments - commentaries - and advertisements






22. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






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






25. 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;






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Composed of educated - experienced readers - people who read newspapers - magazines - and books






34. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






36. Often called composing; putting together the ideas to create a composition






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






38. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






41. Is it sufficient? is it representative? is it relevant? is it accurate? are claims qualified?






42. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






44. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






45. When the essay supplies guideposts that communicate the relations among ideas






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






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






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






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






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







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