One major difference between college writing teachers and high school writing teachers is that college writing teachers are NOT preparing you for these.
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What is standardized tests?
100
Hjortshoj writes, "I'm arguing for greater ________"
(Page 189)
What is "flexibility in your methods, not that you should always use one approach or another" (LOOK AT PAGE)
100
Finish the statement: Very few writers really know...
(Page 7)
What is "what they are doing until they've done it...writing is not rapturous"
200
Fill in the blank: While half of the high school teachers believed the use of ________________ would be inappropriate, 95% of college writing teachers disagreed.
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the first-person I
200
The majority of high school teachers believed that writers should know this before they begin to write, while a larger majority of college writing teachers disagreed.
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What is "know what they want to say/write about"? (LOOK AT PAGE)
200
Finish the statement: "In any case, the bottom line is that if you want to write,..."
(Page 11)
What is "you get to, but you probably won't eve able to get very far if you don't start trying to get over your perfectionism."
300
Fill in the blank: The idea that you are producing the finished product, the final performance, will ____________________.
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make you more vulnerable to a kind of stage fright.
300
For the writing process, editing means _______, while revising means ______.
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What is "highly focused attention to specific words or phrases or to the structure of a sentence. This local attention (which includes proofreading for errors and typos) differs from revising: reconsidering the organization of the whole passage or draft"?
300
Finish the statement: "So go ahead and..."
(Page 12)
What is "make big scrawls and mistakes. Use up lots of paper...Messes are an artists true friend"?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: You can go to these places for help with writing tutoring.
What is "EOP, Engaging Education, MSI, Academic Resource Center, OFFICE HOURS, TAs/IAs, Kresge Writing Center"
400
Finish the statement: There were also similarities in teaching methods and values between high school and college writing teachers, including...
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What is "writers should draw on their own interest and beliefs, and that students should be able to write for a variety of audiences"?
400
This is just a fantasy of the uninitiated.
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What is (read off page 6 because its too freaking long)
500
Because we can hear errors, awkward phrasing, and problems of cohesion more accurately than we can see them, we should do this.
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What is "read drafts aloud and listen for flow and cohesion"?
500
Though these are usually done before you start to compose, try using these as aids to revision. For that purpose, they will reveal the structure of your draft.
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What is "Try outlining papers between drafts"? (LOOK AT PAGE)
500
This is at least half the battle [Lamott] fights daily.