The Process of Writing

The first thing you should do when starting the writing process.

• Brainstorm about the topic

• Revise the draft

• Create a draft

• Edit the draft

Changing or rearranging the ideas in a piece is called:

• editing

• reising

• pewriting

• writing

It is important to keep the purpose and audience in mind while drafting the assignment.

• True

• False

Composing a first draft occurs in the ____ stage.

• writing

• prewriting

• editing

• revising

Drafting occurs before brainstorming, planning, and discovering a topic.

• False

• True

Editing is proofreading texts for spelling, punctuation, word choice, syntax, and ________.

• clarity

• communication

• capitalization

• correctness

The final step in the writing process is ___________.

• rewriting

• drafting

• prewriting

• editing

Planning activity is doing by considering the following, except ...

• Do my ideas fulfill the requirements of the rubric?

• What is my thesis?

• How do I best get across my main messages to the intended audience?

• Do my ideas and evidence support my thesis?

• I rephrased the thesis to emphasize an idea?

You do revising by asking the following question.

• Do I use the same words again and again?

• Are my citations accurate?

• Did I read my paper aloud to listen for mistakes? ?

• Did I use spell check, grammar check, fix/replace functions and then re-read?

• Are my arguments concise and do they make sense?

Which of the following strategies can be best used in deciding on a topic? (More than one answer)

• Using experience and observations

• Freewriting

• Asking questions

• Reading

• Word choice