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Writing Process

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Style - tone - point of view - sarcasm - counterpoints - praise






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






3. 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






4. Calls for you to read your final copy for typing errors or handwriting legibility






5. 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






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






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






8. 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)






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






10. The 'going public' stage of writing






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






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






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. 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






15. 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






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






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






18. The topic sentence is stated and then followed by the details






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Your assertion that conveys your point of view






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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