Writing Process
Which part of the document is a call to action and a reminder of the solution?
Conclusion
Which characteristic contributes to the success of your group?
honesty/respect
Copyediting is the same as …
proofread
Technical writers must consider…
Audience, purpose, and page design
What are some examples of collaborative writing?
newspaper, web page, brochure
Which part of the document holds the reader’s attention and sets the tone?
Introduction
What are the characteristics of an effective writing process?
Recursive, sufficient time, and differentiation
What is the recursive process?
Back and forth between stages due to the addition or loss of information
Type of freewriting that involves writing about anything to see where your writing takes you?
Open
Identify the Subject, Verb, and Object
I really need a vacation somewhere far away!
I (Subject)
need (Verb)
a vacation somewhere far away (Object)
Which part of the document includes examples and proves your point?
Body
What are the 5 steps to the writing process?
Planning, drafting, revising, copyediting, publishing
Identify as a complete or fragment sentence
Started the machine yesterday.
fragment
What are the strategies that can help develop the topic?
Freewriting, mapping, journaling
Give one example of a disadvantage of collaborative writing?
Can be a dreaded event if you don’t get along with someone or prefer to work by yourself.
Can include conflict.
Can take longer than people working alone because group communication requires more time.
Can take away personal motivation.
Identify as a complete or fragment sentence.
Be sure to clock out before you go on your lunch break.
complete
Type of freewriting that involves choosing a topic and associating ideas with it?
focused
Give one advantage of collaboration…
Brings together different knowledge and talents
Allows different perspectives and viewpoints
Improves work relationships by allowing co-workers to form friendships, empathize with each other, and help each other with solutions to problems
Is enjoyable
Keeps one person from being responsible for the entire project, which seems less stressful
Identify as a complete or fragment sentence.
Because the hurricane is approaching, we need to get supplies.
Complete
What are the top requirements for a group to work well together
Trust, vision, enthusiasm
Identify the Subject, Verb, and Object
Our car broke down about an hour South of Interstate 10.
car (Subject)
broke (Verb)
down about an hour South of Interstate 10 (Object)