Writing Process
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Writing Process
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25 Questions

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

2. The writer explains the relationship between terms and concepts

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

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

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

6. 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

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

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

9. Your assertion that conveys your point of view

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

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

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

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

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

15. The first sentence of the paragraph; it gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about

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

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

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

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

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

21. Creative - expository - persuasive - argumentative

22. Writing nonstop about anything

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

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

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