Writing Process
Pre-writing
What is my purpose?
Drafting
What voice am I writing in?
Diction
Word choices made for tone or clarity
Transitions
Words that connect ideas and paragraphs
false
Writers must follow one organizational pattern to avoid confusing their readers.
true
A writer could draft first and plan later in the process.
false
A writer must use an established graphic organizer to plan a document, because creating one is sure to lead to a disorganized paper.
false
A writer should always save the editing step for last (before publishing), without editing during the main writing step.
true
A writer would not begin drafting without pre-writing first.
true
Analyzing organizational patterns in writing helps the reader understand the main idea.
Editing
Are my sentence boundaries identified correctly (no fragments or run-ons)?
true
Commonly-used organizational patterns make texts more accessible and memorable.
Publishing
Have I formatted the document according to publishing specifications?
Revising
Have I kept voice and tense the same throughout?
true
More than one organizational structure or mode may be present in a text.
true
Readers look for patterns to determine the organization so they can process and remember information better.
pre-writing step of the writing process.
Researching Note taking Thinking
Exemplification
The text advises readers not to waste money seeing a particular movie.
Narration
The text discusses a couple's first meeting.
Pro-con
The text discusses a family trying to decide whether or not to adopt a dog.
Description
The text discusses a famous painting.
Description
The text discusses a favorite vacation spot.
Procedural analysis
The text discusses a strategy for weight loss.
Narration
The text discusses a treasured teenage adventure.
Classification
The text discusses different kinds of friendship.
Argumentation
The text discusses how raising children to appreciate music is crucial.
false
The writing process is a step-by-step process that is typically completed in order.
Planning
What is my evidence (and where will I get it)?
Word choice Repetition Word order
revising step of the writing process.
Exemplification
The text discusses the author's work experience and skills.
Evaluation
The text discusses the rating for a local restaurant.
Procedural analysis
The text discusses the steps in playing a game.
Comparison-Contrast
The text discusses two actors and how they approached the same role.
Definition
The text discusses what childhood means.
Cause-effect
The text discusses what creates mass murders and how they change communities.
Definition
The text discusses what freedom means to a prisoner of war.
Argumentation
The text discusses why soccer is the best sport for young children.
Usage
Correctness of phrases and clauses
false
An idea web is a graphic organizer that will help in the planning stage of the writing process.
true
A writer can use the Process Analysis structure with sections that are organized by cause and effect.
Unity
Staying on topic in an essay or paragraph
Syntax
The order of words in a sentence