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Surface level comb through of the text

What is editing?

100

The first thing writers look for in their drafts

What is information?

100

Taking into account the reader's perspective

What is engaging the reader?

100

The date of Murray's birth

What is September 16, 1924?
100

"Although he is somewhat funny, he is very smart"

What is favorable slanting/slanting by use of emphasis?

200

A more in depth evaluation of a text

What is revision?

200

The next thing writers look for in information

What is meaning?

200
Taking some time away from writing

What is an objective view?

200

The university Murray taught English at

What is the University of New Hampshire?

200

A method of teaching where students receive information directly from the teacher

What is bank-depositing?

300

Asking for a fresh pair of eyes to look over your work

What is peer revision?

300

Writers must read their drafts and be aware of

What is audience?

300

Looking beyond spelling and grammar issues

What is focusing on content and structure?

300

The year Murray won the Pulitzer prize

What is 1954?

300

Writing that can be delayed will be

What is the Law of Delay?

400

This action helps to point out errors in writing and makes it easier to see if your writing flows

What is reading out loud?
400

Writers have to listen to their own

What is voices?

400

This process is not just about correcting errors, but also re-seeing a work. 

What is the revision process?

400

The column Murray wrote for

What is the Boston Globe?

400

The name of Amy Tan's book within the text "Mother Tongue"

What is the Joy Luck Club?

500

This organizational tool helps structure thoughts and ideas before starting a project

What is making an outline?

500

The authors mentioned in the text

What is Peter F. Drucker, Ray Bradbury, Nancy Hale, John Ciardi, Eleanor Estes, Anthony Burgess, Roald Dahl, and Tolstoy?

500

"The writer must be willing to write and rewrite, and rewrite again, knowing that each draft brings the piece closer to its final form."

What is continuous revision?

500

The city Murray grew up in

What is Quincy, Massachusetts? 

500

"People who support vaccines are part of the woke mob"

What is Argumentum ad Hominem?