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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






6. A sentence stating your topic and the point you want to make about it






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






30. 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;






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






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






33. Vague words are avoided






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






43. Writing nonstop about anything






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






45. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about






46. 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






47. Reports another's words without quotation marks except around words repeated exactly from the source






48. 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






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






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