QUESTIONS AND ANSWER KEY 2026
◉ listing. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves writing in
fragments?
◉ freewriting. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves writing in
paragraphs?
◉ looping. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves freewriting,
then finding a special word, phrase, or sentence, then freewriting
again?
◉ boomerang. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves
freewriting on one side of an arguable topic, then freewriting on the
other side?
◉ clustering. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves putting
information in circles connected by lines?
◉ mapping. Answer: What is another word for clustering?
, ◉ cubing. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves looking at all
angles (including investigating different types of essays) before
deciding how to write on a topic?
◉ interviewing. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves
bouncing ideas off another person?
◉ cross-examination. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves
bouncing ideas off yourself?
◉ sketching. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves drawing a
picture?
◉ dramatizing. Answer: What prewriting strategy involves assigning
actors, setting, plot, etc?
◉ lead-in. Answer: What is the name for the "hook" that grabs the
reader's attention?
◉ thesis. Answer: What is the name for the main idea of an essay?
◉ essay map. Answer: What is the name for a list of supporting
points for the thesis?