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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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)






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






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






11. Flm - art - media - and so on






12. Shifting mentally from judgment; read your draft to critically evaluate it; decide whether to rewrite or revise current draft; be systematic






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






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






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






16. Repeats another's words exactly and encloses them in quotation marks






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






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






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






20. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






22. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






23. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






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






27. Spatial - geometrical - or geographical arrangement of ideas according to their position in space (examples: left/right - top/bottom - circular - adjacent)






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






36. Either to give your reader information or to persuade your readers to agree with you






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






38. In this stage - the writer looks back at his/her work and self-evaluates - and the audience evaluates the effectiveness of the writing






39. Leads into the topic of the essay - trying to capture the reader's interest






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






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






42. Toulman's model of arguement






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






44. 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






45. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






46. Use transitional expressions - use pronouns effective - uses deliberate repetition effectively - use parallel structures effectively






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






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






49. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






50. 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