Grammar
What are Mrs., Mr., and Dr.?
To stop short, refusing to move or act
What is to balk?
Making a list of ideas that support your subject
What is the first step to preparing an outline?
An orderly list of the main ideas in an oral or written composition
What is an outline?
The first stage of the writing process
What is planning?
The two titles that may be abbreviated ONLY when they are used with the full name
The art of public speaking
What is elocution?
When all the points in an outline are only words or phrases
The designation for main ideas
What is a Roman numeral?
The stage when the writer gets his ideas down on paper, no matter how clumsy or inadequate the wording may be.
What is writing? *or* What is the second stage of the writing process?
Two signs that you should not use in formal or academic writing
What are the & and the + sign?
To completely agree
What is unanimous?
When all the points in an outline are complete sentences
What is a sentence outline?
The designation for subheadings
What is a capital letter?
The stage when the writer goes back and examines everything in the rewritten draft in detail to double check grammar, punctuation, clarity, and correctness
What is editing? *or* What is the fourth stage of the writing process?
A word in a sentence that should ALWAYS be capitalized
Conceit or self-exaltation
What is egotism?
Somethings for your outline that indicates your subject and purpose
What is a title?
When all the main ideas match the other main ideas in form and all the subheadings match the other subheadings in form and all the details match the other details in form
What is parallelism?
The third step in the writing process
What is rewriting?
The end mark used at the end of an exclamatory sentence
What is an exclamation point?
To struggle with or to worry intensely about a decision
What is to agonize?
Crossing out any unnecessary or unrelated ideas
What is the second stage in preparing an outline?
Something that should not go at the end of main ideas, subheadings, or details in a topical outline
What is a period?
The stage when the rough draft is written and the author goes back to see what needs to be removed, added, or rearranged.
What is rewriting? *or* What is the third stage of the writing process?