Writing Process Test Review

Select the correct order of these writing process steps:

• Revising, Drafting, Proofreading

• Drafting, Proofreading, Revising

• Drafting, Revising, Proofreading

If you were in the prewriting stage of a paper about your favorite restaurant, what might you do first?

• Write full sentences about why you love this restaurant.

• Scan over your paper to make sure your spelling and grammar are correct

• Change your words around to make your writing more interesting

• Jot down your impressions of your favorite dishes

Which of the following options is part of the drafting process?

• Putting commas in place

• Jotting down notes

• Crafting full sentences

• Running a spell-check

Revising is when you...

• Change words to make your writing more interesting

• Create an outline of your work

• Research

• Prepare your work for publication

There are _____ steps in the writing process.

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

The writing process does not help us plan our writing out.

• True

• False

In this step of the writing process, you are organizing your thoughts into complete sentences, but are not yet worried about spelling, capitalization, punctuation, or word choice.

• Publishing

• Editing

• Revising

• Drafting

Publishing can be a daunting task.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

It is important to keep the _____ and _______ in mind while drafting an essay. Select ALL that apply.

• Purpose

• Audience

• Publisher

• Teacher