Brain Pop: Prewriting: Choosing a Topic

What is the main purpose of prewriting

• Focusing on a single idea.

• Collecting your ideas together.

• Eliminating useless ideas.

• Sharing your ideas with others.

How can word association help you come up with original ideas?

• By teaching you new words.

• By making connections between words that you wouldn't ordinarily make.

What's a logical first association with the word "apple"?

• Delicious

• Blue

• Marshmallow

• Happy

Freewriting is most similar to which of the following activities?

• Brainstorming

• Editing

• Organizing

• Dreaming

What can you conclude from the fact that keeping a journal can help you come up with ideas?

• Writing down your deepest secrets will free your mind to new ideas.

• Your best writing is always about yourself.

• Writing frequently can make you a better writer.

• If you don't write every day, your writing will never improve.

In the movie, Tim says you can read through your journal for inspiration. What does "inspiration" mean in this context?

• Something that stirs your emotions.

• Something that helps you succeed in school

• Something that allows you to write clearly.

• Something that sparks your creativity.

When you're doing free writing, when should you stop?

• After exactly 20 minutes.

• When you come to the end of a sheet of paper.

• When you come up with a good idea.

• When the time limit for yourself expires.

Each word in a word-association game is like:

• A piece of a puzzle.

• A link in a chain.

• A hair on your head.

• A blade of grass in the field.

What is the logical step after you have finished pre-writing?

• Writing the first draft of the essay.

• Coming up with a new list of ideas.

• Going outside to clear your mind.

• Writing in your journal.

What's a logical first association to the word "vanilla"?

• Soup

• Ice Cream

• Celery

• Chicken