Writing Process

Question 1

How many stages are there in the writing process?

Answer 1

5

Prewriting, writing/drafting, rewriting/revising, editing/proofreading, submitting/publishing.

Question 2

During the prewriting stage, the writer should focus on ___, ___, and ____.

Answer 2

Task (Motivation for writing essay), Purpose (is the essay intended to inform or persuade?), and Intended Audiance (Who is this being written for and how does that affect how I’ll write.

Question 3

The task, Purpose, and Intended Audiance of an essay are factors that should be considered in the _____ state of the writing process.

Answer 3

Prewriting State

Question 4

The Task of an essay refers to the ____ of the author for writing it.

Answer 4

Motivation.

Question 5

The Purpose of an essay refers to the _____ of the essay, whether it intends merely to ____ or ____.

Answer 5

fuction of intention of the essay.

Is it designed to inform or persuade or entertain or what?

Question 6

The Audiance of an essay helps the author to find appropriate _____ and maintain the ____ of the readers.

Answer 6

Language, interest.

Question 7

Brainstorming, planning and organizing are all part of the ____ stage

Answer 7

prewriting stage.

Question 8

The most common methods of prewriting skills tested on the CSET are _____, _______, and ________.

Answer 8

Notetaking, outlining, and graphic organizers.

Question 9

Brainstorming and jotting down as many thoughts, ideas, and possibilities as can be remembered during the prewriting stage is called _____.

Answer 9

Notetaking.

Question 10

Arranging main ideas in clear, concise order following the introduction, body, conclusion format is an example of _____.

Answer 10

Outlining.

Question 11

Representing initial brainstorming through organized, visual representation is called a ________.

Answer 11

Graphic organizer.

Question 12

Two types of common Graphic Organizers are ______ and _____.

Answer 12

Clustering and Venn Diagrahm

Question 13

Drawing a circle around the main idea with branches growing off into sub ideas, which branch even further into supporting ideas is called a ______ graphic organizer.

Answer 13

Clustering

Question 14

Two view points represented by overlapping circles that have contrasting information outside the overlap and commonalities within the overlap is called a ______.

Answer 14

Venn Diagrahm.

Question 15

The second stage of the writing process is called ______.

Answer 15

Writing/Drafting.

Question 16

The stage of the writing process where the writer focuses on getting material down and not critical analysis, correctness or editing is called _____.

Answer 16

Writing a draft (Step two).

Question 17

The purpose of writing a draft is simply to….

Answer 17

get all of the prewriting ideas on paper so the essay’s content can take shape.

Question 18

The standard structure of an essay draft follows the ____ to ____ paragraph model.

Answer 18

3 to 5.

Question 19

The third stage of the writing process is ______ and has the main goal of….

Answer 19

Revising

ideas flow logically and are presented with clarity.

Question 20

The fourth stage of the writing process is _____ and is used for ______ the essay.

Answer 20

Editing

Fine tuning

Question 21

The stage when major changes occur is ______ while the time for fine tuning, tweeking, and fixing mechanical errors is ______.

Answer 21

Revising = big, sweeping changes.
Editing= small, fine changes.

Question 22

The fifth stage of the writing process is_____.

Answer 22

Publishing, or submitting a finished product.