Research Vocabulary 2 Quiz

The initial create stage of writing, prior to drafting, in which a writer formulates ideas, gathers information, considers ways to organize them.

• Prewriting

• Revision

• Brainstorming

the center of interest or attention; in writing, the central idea

• Topic Sentence

• Coherence

• Focus

the basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition

• Focus

• Thesis

• Revision

the stage of the writing process in which one considers and improves the meaning and underlying structure of a written draft

• Revision

• Brainstorming

• Editing

the quality of a piece of writing in which the ideas are clearly arranged so a reader can follow the progression from one idea to the next

• Transitions

• Fluency

• Coherence

the act of reading easily, smoothly, and automatically with a rate appropriate for the text, indicating that students understand meaning

• Focus

• Fluency

• Thesis

a step in preparing a written work for publication or review that focuses on clarity and correctness: spelling, grammar, sentence structure, etc

• Editing

• Brainstorming

• Prewriting

a prewriting technique in which students, either alone or in groups, jot down all words or phrases that come to mind on a topic to expand the range of available ideas, to solve a problem, or to clarify a concept

• Fluency

• Transitions

• Brainstorming

a sentence intended to express the main idea in a paragraph or passage

• Revision

• Thesis

• Topic Sentence

words or phrases that help explain relationships between sentences and allow a reader or writer to move from one idea to another

• Topic sentence

• Transitions

• Coherence