SLS 1510 Strategies for Success in College
Chapter 7 - 9 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
Writing
__________________________________________________ is a thinking and reasoning
process that is the means of producing the reading product, a skill that can be learned like any
other.
P - PREPARE - Writing and Speaking - stands for...
Confronting the blank page
O - Organize - Writing and Speaking - Stands for...
Construct a scaffold by creating an outline and thesis statement
W- Work - Writing and Speaking- stands for...
Get it down in the first draft; refine it in the second draft
E- Evaluate - Writing and Speaking - stands for..
Be your best critic: Fine-tune your work
R - Rethink - Writing and Speaking- stands for...
Reflect on the writing process; what worked and what didn't.
freewriting:
____________________________________a technique involving continuous, nonstop
writing, without self-critics, for a fixed period of time (5-10 mins).
The "center of gravity"
, single sentence that captures the main point of what you have written
Brainstorming:
a technique for generating ideas by saying out loud as many ideas as can be thought of in a
fixed period of time.
Brainstorming purpose is
to produce high quantity of ideas.
paraphrase
a restatement of a passage using different words.
cited
Paraphrased material needs to be __________ unless it is common knowledge.
Scaffold:
framework for presenting the information.
OUTLINE
Sequential steps that shows where you are heading and how to get there.
ABBCC structure:
The structure of the typical research paper, consisting of argument, background, body,
counterarguments, and conclusion
thesis:
the main point of a paper, typically stating the writer's opinion about the topic of the paper.
writing voice:
Chapter 7 - 9 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
Writing
__________________________________________________ is a thinking and reasoning
process that is the means of producing the reading product, a skill that can be learned like any
other.
P - PREPARE - Writing and Speaking - stands for...
Confronting the blank page
O - Organize - Writing and Speaking - Stands for...
Construct a scaffold by creating an outline and thesis statement
W- Work - Writing and Speaking- stands for...
Get it down in the first draft; refine it in the second draft
E- Evaluate - Writing and Speaking - stands for..
Be your best critic: Fine-tune your work
R - Rethink - Writing and Speaking- stands for...
Reflect on the writing process; what worked and what didn't.
freewriting:
____________________________________a technique involving continuous, nonstop
writing, without self-critics, for a fixed period of time (5-10 mins).
The "center of gravity"
, single sentence that captures the main point of what you have written
Brainstorming:
a technique for generating ideas by saying out loud as many ideas as can be thought of in a
fixed period of time.
Brainstorming purpose is
to produce high quantity of ideas.
paraphrase
a restatement of a passage using different words.
cited
Paraphrased material needs to be __________ unless it is common knowledge.
Scaffold:
framework for presenting the information.
OUTLINE
Sequential steps that shows where you are heading and how to get there.
ABBCC structure:
The structure of the typical research paper, consisting of argument, background, body,
counterarguments, and conclusion
thesis:
the main point of a paper, typically stating the writer's opinion about the topic of the paper.
writing voice:
