Academic Writing Review

To organize a writing means __________

• to check a piece of writing for errors

• to change or correct a piece of writing

• to arrange in a clear, logical way

• to find and collect together

To edit a writing means __________

• to check a piece of writing for errors

• to change or correct a piece of writing

• to arrange in a clear, logical way

• to find and collect together

Before you begin writing, you decide what you are going to write about. Then, you plan what you are going to write. This process is called __________

A __________ is a group of five to ten sentences that give information about a topic.

__________ helps you practice fluency (writing quickly and easily), and you do not need to worry about accuracy (having correct grammar and spelling).

• Editing

• Making a list

• Freewriting

• Mapping

Each paragraph has only one topic. If the topic is too __________, you will not be able to write enough about it.

• broad

• interesting

• relevant

• narrow

The __________ is the main idea of the paragraph. It is usually the first sentence of the paragraph and the most general sentence.

The __________ sentences are sentences that talk about or explain the topic sentence. They are more detailed ideas that follow the topic sentence.

The best topic sentence for the paragraph is __________

• I admire my friend, Ken, because he does not give up.

• One of my closest friends, named Ken, is a person I can trust.

• My friend, Ken, is a very successful student.

• Ken, my friend, was discouraged since he did not get into his dream university.

"The teacher told the students that the students needed to focus more on the students’ assignments."

The correct pronouns to replace the underlined nouns are __________

• their / they

• their / them

• they / their

• they / them