ENGLISH 101 Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Latest Update

writing process - Answer-all activities, mental and physical, that go into creating what eventually becomes a finished piece of work - no ones is the same as someone else’s - adapts based on task at hand analyzing writing situation - Answer-consider subject, purpose, audience, genre, etc. discovering and planning - Answer-posing a question, gathering information, focusing on a central theme, and organizing material drafting - Answer-answering question and expressing/ connecting ideas revising - Answer-reconsidering central question or idea, rethinking and improving content and organization, developing supporting ideas more thoroughly, and deleting tangents editing - Answer-improving sentences, checking grammar, word choice, punctuation, and presentation writing moves - Answer-summarize, quote, respond, develop a claim, offer reading and evidence, entertain objections, distinguish voices, connect parts, clarify relevance When summarizing... - Answer--approach everything with an open mind -don't leave out or oversimplify author's points (this creates cliches) -highlight main ideas of the argument and faithfully present that person's position -refrain from evaluating or judging -don't just list... that's boring -use variety of points, but choose carefully and use them correctly embedded summary - Answer-in a paper - expresses your opinion stand alone summary - Answer-stands alone - is neutral and unbiased when you quote material... - Answer--use them sparingly -use passages when language is bold, distinctive, or inventive -use when passages cannot be paraphrased without distortion or loss of meaning -use passages when words themselves are interpretation when NOT to quote material... - Answer--passages to fill up space -passages as a substitute for thinking -passages because you don't understand the author's ideas well enough to paraphrase them