Writing Process and Techniques Quiz

The Writing Process

• Pre-writing techniques are used before writing to plan and organize ideas.
• Drafting is the initial creation of the written piece, including all content.
• Reviewing involves critically examining the written work for accuracy and organization.
• Revising focuses on improving the clarity, conciseness, and effectiveness of the piece.
• Rewriting is the process of restructuring and rephrasing parts or the entire text.

Prewriting Techniques

• Freewriting involves uninterrupted writing for a specific time period.
• Brainstorming and listing generate ideas on a specific topic.
• Mapping or clustering visually organizes ideas.

Paragraphs

• A paragraph is a group of sentences connected by a central idea.
• Topic sentences present the main idea of a paragraph.

Expository Writing

• Expository writing aims to inform, explain, define, or instruct readers.
• Different patterns include description, sequence, comparison & contrast, cause & effect, and problem/solution.

Compare and Contrast

• Compare and contrast writing analyzes similarities and differences between two or more things.

Essay Organization

• Essays have parts including the introduction, thesis statement, topic sentences, supporting details, and concluding sentences.
• Different types of thesis statements exist (evaluative and explanatory).

Thesis Statement

• The thesis statement presents the main point or argument of an essay.

Citing Sources

• Proper citation is important to give credit to the original authors.
• Example of citation format (Findlay, 2018).

Persuasive Writing

• Persuasive writing aims to convince the reader.
• Writing techniques include the use of hooks, background sentences, dividing thesis statements, and different ways to start a paragraph (e.g., anecdote, questions, statistics).
• Techniques like using emotive language, rhetorical questions, repetition, and the use of groups of three are also used in persuasive writing.