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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A sentence stating your topic and the point you want to make about it






2. Gathering ideas onto paper in sentences and paragraphs






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Vague words are avoided






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






11. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






13. 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






14. The way the an author uses words - phrases - and sentences to formulate ideas






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






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






34. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic