Writing Process

Question 1

Writing Process (3)

Answer 1

1. Pre-writing
2. Writing
3. Post-writing

Question 2

• helps us discover our initial ideas about a subject and put them on paper, though not usually in an organized form
• you should not worry about the grammar, spelling, and punctuation, because it is just pointing out ideas
• explore and organize thoughts

Answer 2

Pre-writing Process

Question 3

Determining the Writing Situation: (3)

Answer 3

1. Knowing the kind of paper
2. Writing situation
3. Purpose/Reason

Question 4

Techniques under Pre-writing Stage (3)

Answer 4

1. Brainstorming
2. Freewriting
3. Clustering

Question 5

• aims to generate as many topics as you can in 10-15 minutes so that these random topics can be made into a focused topic later on
• generating ideas; warm-up

Answer 5

Brainstorming

Question 6

• writing any ideas that come to your mind so that later you will generate ideas and narrow it down
• writing of ideas

Answer 6

Freewriting

Question 7

• this technique provides a graphic representation of your ideas, allowing you to visualize the connections of your ideas
• also known as branching/mapping

Answer 7

Clustering

Question 8

• write as you have planned and make use of all data and ideas collected in the previous stage
• use the strategies acquired such as summarizing and paraphrasing
• actual stage of composing your paper
• lots of rewriting and paraphrasing

Answer 8

Writing stage

Question 9

• is the claim or stand that you will develop in your paper
• dictates what should and should not be included in your composition
• contains an element of risk, uncertainty, and challenge
• is the controlling idea of your essay
• sums up the central point
• usually at the end part of the introduction
• also known as the Road Map

Answer 9

Thesis statement

Question 10

Thesis statement should: (3)

Answer 10

1. It should be debatable.
2. It should not announce or contain only facts.
3. It challenges the reader’s views.

Question 11

• means finding the connection of one point to another and establishing a link from one idea to another
• to avoid misunderstanding
• should be in chronological order

Answer 11

Organizing your paper

Question 12

How to organize your paper? (4)

Answer 12

1. Outlining
2. Introduction
3. Body
4. Conclusion

Question 13

• is an effective way of ensuing the logical flow of your ideas
• ex: roman numerals, list, diagrams, maps

Answer 13

Outline/Outlining

Question 14

• provides a background of your topic, poses a question regarding the topic, explains how the question is problematic and significant, and gives the writer’s thesis statement
• should sound interesting
• explains the academic problem

Answer 14

Introduction

Question 15

• this is where the bulk of your essay is found and where you develop an answer or propose solution to the thesis statement that you have given in the introduction
• expanding the topic

Answer 15

Body

Question 16

• should bring together the points you made in your paper and emphasize your final point
• contains thought-provoking idea that you wish your audience to consider
• do not open a new topic
• summarizes the main points

Answer 16

Conclusion

Question 17

• to ensure more logical, well-organized, non-errored paper this stage is necessary
• last and final stage
• revision and editing

Answer 17

Post-writing stage

Question 18

Techniques under the Post-writing stage: (2)

Answer 18

1. revising

2. editing (proof-reading)

Question 19

• is the general process of going back through your whole draft, from start to end, and improving on clarifying your subject’s meaning
• adding of significant information
• polishing the text
• taking out unnecessary ideas
• focuses on the bigger picture of your draft

Answer 19

Revising

Question 20

• is the more meticulous process of clarifying meaning by revising each word and line of your draft
• includes working on grammatical principles

Answer 20

Editing (proofreading)

Question 21

Grammatical principles: (4)

Answer 21

1. subject-verb agreement
2. verb tense
3. noun and pronoun usage
4. typo errors

Question 22

• deliberate copying of somebody else’s work and claiming that work to be his own
• using somebody else’s work without proper acknowledgment or citation

Answer 22

Plagiarism

Question 23

• an act prescribing the intellectual property code and establishing the intellectual property office proving its own powers and functions and for other purposes

Answer 23

Republic Act No. 8293

Question 24

Ways to avoid plagiarism: (2)

Answer 24

1. Paraphrasing

2. Direct Quotation

Question 25

• rendering the essential ideas in a text using your own words
• getting only the gist

Answer 25

Paraphrasing

Question 26

• directly quoting the sentece/s or the paragraph that you will use in your paper
• using quotation marks with citation

Answer 26

Direct Quotation

Question 27

How to cite sources: (3)

Answer 27

1. Modern Language Association (MLA format)
2. Book Source
3. Web Source