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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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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. Facts - data - and opinions of others used to support assertions and conclusions






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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;






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






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






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






12. The overall feeling created in a piece of writing






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






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






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






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






17. 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)






18. 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






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






20. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






37. Vague words are avoided






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






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







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