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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Personal writing - workplace writing - subject writing - creative writing - persuasive writing - and scholarly writing






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Vague words are avoided






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Reference works - internet - student-created sources - other






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






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






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






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






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






40. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative






41. Flm - art - media - and so on






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






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






44. Use of contrasting ideas to communicate a message






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






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






47. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






49. Toulman's model of arguement






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







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