Competency 3: Knowledge of Language and the Writing Process – Flashcards
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The Writing Process
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-Prewriting -Drafting -Revising -Editing -Publishing
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Prewriting
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Activating prior knowledge; gathering and organizing ideas; may include brainstorming a list of ideas and researching/reading about a topic; may include deciding upon the intended audience
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Drafting
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Transfer of ideas to paper; focus is on getting all thoughts down (the content) rather than on spelling, grammar, and mechanics
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Revising
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Refining and clarifying the draft; focus is on meaning and further developing the writing piece
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Editing
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Proofreading the draft for misspelled words and grammatical and mechanical errors; focus is on the mechanics (punctuation, sentence fragments, capitalization, etc.)
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Publishing
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Sharing a final product
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Narrative Writing
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Recounts a personal or fictional experience or tells a story based on a real or imagined event
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Opinion/Argument Writing
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Attempts to argue a particular topic using claims, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence
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Descriptive Writing
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Attempts to 'paint a picture' or describe a person, place, thing or idea
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Expository/explanatory Writing
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Gives information, explains how or why, clarifies a process, or defines a concept
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Creative Writing
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Uses the writer's imagination
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True or false: The editing phase of writing requires the writer to modify his or her own writing for content.
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False
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True or false: Expository/explanatory writing attempts to convince the reader of a particular point of view.
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False
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The __________ stage of writing includes brainstorming and gathering and organizing ideas.
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Prewriting
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__________ is the first developmental stage of writing.
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Scribbling
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The developmental stages of writing are...
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Scribbling, mock handwriting, mock letters, conventional letters, invented-temporary-or phonetic spelling, and conventional spelling
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Writing conventions include..
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Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar
