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Prewriting: Choosing a Topic & Organzing Your Thoughts
Prewriting: Choosing a Topic & Organzing Your Thoughts
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Quizzes for the prewriting videos in brainpop; chosing a topic & orgainzing your thoughts
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1
Which of the following is part of a story map?
Characters
Quotations
Sources
Definitions
2
What is the main purpose of prewriting?
Collecting your ideas together
Focusing on a single idea
Eliminating useless ideas
Sharing your ideas with an audience
3
Tim says you can read through your journal for
inspiration
. What does
inspiration
mean?
Something that stirs your emotions
Something that allows you to write clearly
Something that helps you succeed in school
Something that spurs your creativity
4
What is a logical first association to the word "vanilla?"
Celery
Chicken
Ice cream
Soup
5
Which term best describes a word web?
A first draft of an essay
A list of words
A network of ideas
A collection of different topics
6
A sequence chart helps you:
Organize your ideas in order of importance
Remember details you may have forgotten
Think of new ideas
Put your ideas in the proper order
7
If one of your subtopics was Shakespeare's poetry, what might one of your details be?
Shakespeare's plays
English poetry
Shakespeare's love poems
Shakespeare's life
8
How can word association help you come up with original ideas?
By teaching you new words
Making connections between words you normally wouldn't
By allowing you to invent new words for vague ideas
Making you look up words you think you know
9
Free writing is most similar to which of the following activities?
Organizing
Brainstorming
Editing
Dreaming
10
Each word in a word-association game is like:
A piece of a puzzle
A blade of grass in a field
A link in a chain
A hair on your head
11
Compared to topics and subtopics, details are more:
Useful
General
Interesting
Specific
12
What's a logical first association for the word "apple?"
Blue
Delicious
Marshmallow
Happy
13
What can you conclude about the prefix "pre-?"
It means "before"
It means "topic"
It means "basic"
It means "change"
14
What is the logical next step after you've finished prewriting?
Going outside to clear your mind
Writing in your journal
Coming up with a new list of ideas
Writing the first draft of an essay
15
If subtopics for an essay include "Camping, Hiking," and "Canoeing," what might the topic be?
"The History of the American West"
"My Two Weeks at Scout Camp"
"Mountain Climbing"
"Rainy-Day Activities"
16
What might be subtopics of a research paper on the history of baseball?
Bases, helmets, other equipment
Football, soccer, hockey
Derek Jeter, David Wright, Tim Lincecum
The history of the World Series, influential players
17
Which of the following is one of the "Five W's?"
Wonder
Whether
When
Which
18
If the main topic was William Shakespeare, what would be a subtopic?
Shakespeare's plays
Famous British writers
Shakespeare's birthday
Act I, Scene I of "Hamlet"
19
What can you conclude from the fact that keeping a journal can help you generate ideas?
If you don't write every day, your writing won't improve
Your best writing is always about yourself
Writing frequently can make you a better writer
Writing down your secrets will help your mind think of ideas
20
When you're doing free writing, when should you stop?
After exactly 20 minutes
When you come to the end of one sheet of paper
When you come up with a good idea
When the time limit you've set for yourself expires
