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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The writer shows the relationship between events and their results






2. 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






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






4. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Provides students with the opportunity to play with language - to express emotions - to articulate stories - or to develop a drama for others to enjoy






10. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






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






13. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






15. Style - tone - point of view - sarcasm - counterpoints - praise






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






17. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. 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)






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. Online: dictionaries - encyclopedias - writers' reference handbooks - books of lists - almanacs - thesauruses - books of quotations - and so on; various search engines and portals to gather ideas and information






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






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






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






37. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






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






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






41. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






42. 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;






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






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






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






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






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






48. Flm - art - media - and so on






49. The 'going public' stage of writing






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