ACCUPLACER WRITING NEXT GENERATION
EXAM 7 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Writing Process: Free Writing.
Answer: Take a limited amount of time, write everything that comes
to your mind about a topic in complete sentences. Results in fuller
expression of ideas than brainstorming because thoughts and
associations are written in complete sentences.
◉ Writing Process: Planning.
Answer: Process of organizing a piece of writing before composing a
draft. Creating an outline, graphic organizer (Venn Diagram, flow
chart, spider-map) identify topic, main ideas, and general
organization of the composition.
◉ Writing Process: Drafting.
Answer: Multiple drafts, helps improve their writing. Helps consider
different ways to communicate their ideas and address errors.
◉ Writing Process: Revising.
,Answer: Ensures appropriate audience is addressed and it includes
all necessary material, maintains focus throughout, and is organized
logically
◉ Writing Process: Editing.
Answer: Improves transitions between paragraphs, ensures each
paragraph is on topic, and improves the flow of text. Correct
grammatical errors that can't be fixed without significantly altering
the text.
◉ Writing Process: Proofreading.
Answer: Fixing misspelled words, typos, other grammatical errors,
and any remaining surface-level flaws in the composition
◉ Recursive Writing Process.
Answer: Planning, drafting, revising.
Revisit steps after completing other steps and steps are not required
to be completed in any certain order. Can all take place at about the
same time.
◉ Essays.
Answer: Focus on one topic, subject, or goal.
3 types: informative, persuasive, narrative
, ◉ Basic format of an essay.
Answer: introduction, body, conclusion
◉ Informative Writing.
Answer: Explanatory or expository writing
Begins with the basis that something is true or factual
Informs
◉ Persuasive Writing.
Answer: Strives to prove something that may or may not be true or
factual
Persuades
◉ Narrative Writing.
Answer: Tells the story of real-life experiences (entertain, inform,
and challenge)
◉ Concrete Language.
Answer: provides information that readers can grasp and may
empathize with
◉ Abstract Language.
EXAM 7 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Writing Process: Free Writing.
Answer: Take a limited amount of time, write everything that comes
to your mind about a topic in complete sentences. Results in fuller
expression of ideas than brainstorming because thoughts and
associations are written in complete sentences.
◉ Writing Process: Planning.
Answer: Process of organizing a piece of writing before composing a
draft. Creating an outline, graphic organizer (Venn Diagram, flow
chart, spider-map) identify topic, main ideas, and general
organization of the composition.
◉ Writing Process: Drafting.
Answer: Multiple drafts, helps improve their writing. Helps consider
different ways to communicate their ideas and address errors.
◉ Writing Process: Revising.
,Answer: Ensures appropriate audience is addressed and it includes
all necessary material, maintains focus throughout, and is organized
logically
◉ Writing Process: Editing.
Answer: Improves transitions between paragraphs, ensures each
paragraph is on topic, and improves the flow of text. Correct
grammatical errors that can't be fixed without significantly altering
the text.
◉ Writing Process: Proofreading.
Answer: Fixing misspelled words, typos, other grammatical errors,
and any remaining surface-level flaws in the composition
◉ Recursive Writing Process.
Answer: Planning, drafting, revising.
Revisit steps after completing other steps and steps are not required
to be completed in any certain order. Can all take place at about the
same time.
◉ Essays.
Answer: Focus on one topic, subject, or goal.
3 types: informative, persuasive, narrative
, ◉ Basic format of an essay.
Answer: introduction, body, conclusion
◉ Informative Writing.
Answer: Explanatory or expository writing
Begins with the basis that something is true or factual
Informs
◉ Persuasive Writing.
Answer: Strives to prove something that may or may not be true or
factual
Persuades
◉ Narrative Writing.
Answer: Tells the story of real-life experiences (entertain, inform,
and challenge)
◉ Concrete Language.
Answer: provides information that readers can grasp and may
empathize with
◉ Abstract Language.
