Question

1) Making changes in content, organization, or style of writing is included in which part of the writing process?

editing
revising
generative writing
publishing

2) Developing an idea into a complete piece of writing is included in which part of the writing process?
editing
drafting
generative writing
publishing

3) William Stafford’s essay A Way of Writing would be considered:
nature writing
personal essay
nonfiction
travel writing

4) An essay on the life cycle of caribou would be which type of nonfiction?
nature writing
personal essay
nonfiction
travel writing

5) The best term for writing that's about a unique place in the world is:
nature writing
personal essay
nonfiction
travel writing

6) Writing that is entirely based on fact and that shows rather than tells is:
nonfiction
fiction
creative nonfiction
science fiction

7) Figurative language is used in:
creative nonfiction & fiction
creative nonfiction and nonfiction
nonfiction and fiction
none of the above

8) Made-up plots, characters, and/or setting appear in:
nonfiction
creative nonfiction
fiction
none of the above

9) Dialogue appears in:
creative nonfiction
fiction
both a and b
neither a nor b

10) When creating writing goals, one thing a writer should ask himself or herself is:
what do you think your strengths are?
why do you dislike writing?
what is the point in trying to improve your writing?

Answer 1

The correct answers are the following:

1) Revising. This process includes reconsidering and making corrections or alterations in the form or content of a manuscript.

2) Drafting. This part of the writing process involves the preparation of a preliminary manuscript with a fully developed idea. Once you have a draft, you revise it and submit the final document.

3) Personal Essay. On this essay, Stafford writes about his personal experience as a writer and gives advice on the writing process.

4) Nature Writing. The essay would deal with the life of the caribou, which is part of the natural enviroment and the relationship between the caribou with the enviroment.

5) Travel writing. This kind of writing includes the experiences and descriptions of a place that a writer has visited. The focus is on the place itself and how it is unique or special for the writer that has visited it.

6) Creative nonfiction.This form of writing is based on facts but also presents them on florid prose and its main aim is to entertain rather than inform.

7) Creative nonfiction & fiction. Nonfiction uses rather dull prose because its aim is to present the facts and inform. On the other hand, as I have stated above, creative nonfiction and fiction use figurative language becaue the main aim is to entertain the reader or to convey an idea in a literary style.

8) Fiction. While creative nonfiction and nonfiction must rely on facts and actual information, fiction is a more flexible kind of writing that can make up plots, characters and basically any aspect.

9) Both a and b. While dialogue is an integral part of fiction, like drama or novels, creative nonfiction can also include dialogue between characters as a way to present facts or actual infomation to the reader.

10) What do you think your strenghts are? As a writer should you should be aware of your strenghts and limitations in order to know which aspects you can cover with your writing and which are your weak points in order to improve them.

Answer 2

1. Revising

• Revising is the recurrent process of writing and rewriting an essay. This would focus more on content organization, or style. While editing focuses more on grammar.

2. Drafting

• A draft is the writer's attmepts at putting down their ideas into words. There are usually multiple drafts in order to ensure that a completed work is revised and edited correctly.

3. Personal Essay

• A personal essay usually talks about an important person or event in someone's life. The essay talks about Stafford's own experiences.

4. Nature Writing

• Nature writing is nonfiction written about the natural environment. A caribou is part of nature.

5. Travel Writing

• When you travel, you go to different, unique places. When writing about one of these unique places, you are doing travel writing.

6. Creative nonfiction

• Nonfiction is based on fact. But, creative nonfiction means that facts are presented in a more interesting way, so it reads more like fiction.

7. Creative nonfiction and fiction

• Figurative languge uses figures of speech, like metaphors, similies, etc., to be more effective. These are used to show things. They are not used in typical nonfiction, which simply presents the facts, but can be used in creative nonfiction and fiction to present information in an interesting way.

8. Fiction

• Fiction is a literary genre that is completely or almost completely made-up. It is full of imagination.

9. Both A and B (Creative nonfiction and fiction)

• Like stated earlier, creative nonfiction reads like fiction, but is based on facts. That means that like fiction, it can include dialogue between characters.

10. What do you think your strengths are?

• In order to find areas of improvement, it is helpful to first identify one's strengths. It also gives you motivation because you see that not everything about your writing is bad.