The Writing Process

This writing stage is the planning phase of the process which helps to either expand or narrow focus and/or organize ideas.

• writing

• post writing

• free writing

• pre writing

Writing is a product of one's thoughts and conceptualizations.

• true

• false

This is another term used for clustering, a strategy which allows the individual to explore relationships between ideas.

• listing

• idea mapping

• free writing

• circling

This is a post writing activity that requires the writer to make minor changes in his/her paper which includes spelling and grammar check.

• revision

• checking

• editing

• rewriting

This is a prewriting strategy or technique which allows the writer to generate a bulk of information by writing non-stop.

• looping

• free writing

• clustering

• listing

This is a post writing activity that requires the writer to change the meaning or way in which the reader perceives, experiences and interprets the paper.

• revising

• editing

• listing

• clustering

This is a free writing technique where the writer jots down or types everything he or she can in 5-10 minute intervals, each time highlighting a specific idea or word from a previous cycle.

• looping

• listing

• clustering

• mapping

Which of the following is not part of revising?

• improving overall clarity of ideas

• eliminating unnecessary elements

• reordering sentence structure

• choosing more descriptive words

This is a one-sentence statement that is the basis or core of your entire paper.

• introduction

• thesis statement

• conclusion

• topic sentence

This is a pre writing strategy which generates a lot of information within a short period of time by building on the association of previous terms the writer have previously mentioned.

• brainstorming

• clustering

• free writing

• looping