Writing Skills Ii Chapetr 1 and 2 Review Questions

Uriel Tamayo 09/15/13

Chapter 1 and 2 Review Questions

Chapter 1:

1. The four basics of critical thinking are to be alert to assumptions made by you and others; question those assumptions; consider and connect various points of views, even those different from your own; do not rush to conclusions, but instead remain patient with yourself and others and keep an open mind.

2. The four major steps of the critical reading process are to preview the reading; read the piece and underline the thesis and major support; pause, think during the reading, and annotate; review the reading and annotations.

3. It is important to read real-world documents critically to avoid problems and serious consequences in everyday life.

4. The four major steps of writing critically about readings and visuals are to summarize the importance, purpose, main points, and key support of the text; analyze the elements that convey the main point and raise questions, and key points missing or undeveloped; synthesize with other sources on the topic, own experience, and conclusions based on all different sources and experiences; evaluate based on what you think about the material, its successfulness, its achievement of its purpose, and author’s biases.

5. The task of synthesizing is to gather information of the different sources and experiences to make a new conclusion.

Chapter 2

1. The important terms in this chapter are audience (27), purpose (28), paragraph (30), topic sentence (30), body (30), concluding sentence (30), essay (31), introduction (31), body paragraphs (31), conclusion (31), writing process (34), Plagiarism (35), and rubric (35).

2. Audience is the person or people who will read what I write.

3. In college, my audience is likely to be my professors.

4. The stages of the writing process are to generate ideas by defining the purpose, interests, audience, and what has to be known; drafting by taking ideas and arranging them, and...