Question

2. A writer must plan first and draft later in the process.

True
False
4. Analyzing organizational patterns in writing is important, but it rarely helps the reader understand the main idea.

True
False
5. Which of these should be added to a process analysis to clarify the instructions for the reader?

Statistics
Humor
Description
Apathy
3. Match each essay summary with the most likely organizational structure.


Potential Matches:
1 :The text discusses the author's work experience and skills.
2 :The text discusses a family trying to decide whether or not to adopt a dog.
3 :The text discusses a couple's first meeting.
4 :The text discusses a famous painting.
5 :The text discusses a strategy for weight loss.
6 :The text discusses what creates mass murders and how they change communities.
7 :The text discusses two actors and how they approached the same role.
8 :The text discusses why soccer is the best sport for young children.
9 :The text discusses the rating for a local restaurant.
10 :The text discusses different kinds of friendship.
11 :The text discusses what freedom means to a prisoner of war.
Answer
5: Narration
8: Cause-effect
7: Comparison-Contrast
2: Exemplification
4: Evaluation
9: Definition
11: Argumentation
3: Classification
10: Procedural analysis
1: Pro-con
6: Description

Answer 1

#1) A writer must plan first and draft later in the process.

Answer: The statement presented above is true. The writing process that I know of starts with analyzing the audience, planning, drafting, revising, and finally proofreading.

#2) Analyzing organizational patterns in writing is important, but it rarely helps the reader understand the main idea.

Answer: I believe that this statement is false. The reason being that there are many organizational patterns used in writing and they really do help the writer write content appropriate for their audience.

#3) Which of these should be added to a process analysis to clarify the instructions for the reader?

Answer: I believe that out of all the options presented above the one that should be added to a process analysis to clarify the instructions for the reader is Description.

#4) Match each essay summary with the most likely organizational structure.

Answer:
3: Narration
6: Cause-effect
7: Comparison-Contrast
10: Exemplification
4: Evaluation
1: Definition
8: Argumentation
9: Classification
5: Procedural analysis
2: Pro-con
11: Description

I hope it helps, Regards.

Answer 2

2- TRUE

The process of writing should always start with planning. Once the writer has envisioned what and how he wants to say, then he should proceed with a draft.

4- FALSE

Analizing organizational patterns during the writing will help the author chose the pattern that fits his work the most, thus helping the reader follow the content more easily.

5- The correct answer is B.

Process analysis seek to convey to the reader how a change takes place through a series of stages. Therefore, if one wishes to clarify the instructions, he would have to add clear descriptions, so there are no misunderstandings.

3- The best way to match the summaries with the organizational structure is:

Narration : 3

The essay tells the story about a couple's first meeting, therefore, it will have a narration structure.

Cause-effect: 6

This essay has a cause-effect structure because it talks about what creates a mass murderer (cause) and how it affects acommunities (effect).

Comparison-Contrast: 7

This essay compares and contrasts the way two actos perform the same role, and therefore has a comparison structure.

Exemplification: 10

This essay has an exemplification structure because it is used to provide examples of different kinds of friendship.

Evaluation: 4

The author uses an evaluation structure to discuss and evaluate the characteristics of a famous painting.

Definition : 1

The essay describes and explains the an author's experiences and skills, which makes it have a definition structure.

Argumentation: 8

The author seeks to convince the reader that soccer is the best sport for kids by providing the correct arguments to support his idea. Therefore, this is an argumentative essay.

Classification: 9

The essay qualifies and classify the rating for a restaurant, for which it needs a classification organizational structure.

Procedural analysis : 5

This has a procedural analysis structure because it teaches the reader how to achieve a goal (in this case, lose weight,) through a series of steps.

Pro-con : 2

In order to decide whether or not they should adopt a dog, the family must weight the pros and the cons of the decition.

Description: 11

The text would be descriptive of the feelings that fill a prisoner or war when talking about freedom.