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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Part of your writing that is established by what you say and how you say it






2. 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






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






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






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






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






8. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






19. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Writing nonstop about anything






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. A student's personal dictionary of words to know or spell - note cards - graphic organizers - oral histories - and journals






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The 'going public' stage of writing






45. 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






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






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






48. Topic that you are discussing






49. 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)






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







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