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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use of positive messages to recognize or influence others






2. 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






3. Speech or written form in which one explains or describes






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Toulman's model of arguement






11. Writing nonstop by starting with a set topic






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






13. Be specific - use facts/data/statistics - use/attribute quotes; quantify don't qualify; use of 'it seems -' try not to overstate situation - base writing on authority - break down the topic






14. Topic that you are discussing






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






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






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






18. Writing nonstop about anything






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The 'going public' stage of writing






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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)






41. 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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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