1. 1. The state of lacking any real meaning,
importance, or intelligence
2. To end the observance or effort of something
3. Very bad in a way that causes fear, shock, or
disgust
4. Hard to find or capture; hard to understand,
define or remember
5. Statements intended to make people feel
happier or calmer but not original or effective
6. Organizing your points and claims in a way
that you can establish a common ground with
your reader
7. Identifying the main or supporting points and
listing them down to fully engage in a dialogue
with the text or writer
8. Scrutinizing any information that you read
9. Writing the gist of the text in the reader’s own
words
10. The claim or stand that you will develop in
your paper; the controlling idea of the essay
2. 11. Rendering essential ideas in a text (sentence
or paragraph) using your own words to avoid
plagiarism
12. An interaction with the text where the reader
writes, underlines, highlights, or circles words or
concepts that contain important details in the text
13. Deliberate copying of someone else’s work
and claiming it to be his/her own
14.
“_____ is the re-seeing of the entire draft so that the
writer can deal with the large issue that must be
resolved before dealing with the line-by-line issues
involved in ______.”
Writing includes a step-by-step process that
you have to follow.
Pre-Writing
(Identify the terms of the useful strategies in
generating ideas during pre-writing.)
3. 1. This is the strategy of responding with
ideas and concepts related to the subject or
topic given.
2. Simply writing ideas that you think of to
generate ideas and later you narrow them
down into a specific concept.
3. This is done to establish a common ground
with the readers.
4. This provides a graphic representation of
your ideas, allowing you to visualize their
connections and relationships.
5. This crucial step refers to recognizing your
goal or reason for writing. It guides you to
clearly communicate your ideas.
Writing and Rewriting
(Write true or false.)
1. Thesis is the controlling idea and the claim
or stand that you will develop in your paper.
4. 2. A thesis statement should merely
announce something or state a fact.
3. A thesis statement should not offer a claim
that is debatable and that the writer can
prove or disapprove in the essay; and
4. A good thesis statement introduces ideas
that may challenge the reader’s views.
5. Some think that the ‘real writing’ begins
when you start supporting your thesis
statement with sufficient evidence, data, and
examples.
6. A writer’s main aim is to organize ideas in
a logical order.
Organizing Question Introduction Body Conclusion
Logical Thesis
statement
Outline Main
points
Summarize
5. Fill in the blanks to complete the statements.
1. Some writers start organizing their draft
by making an ______________.
2. ______________ ideas means finding the
connections of one point to another and
establishing a link from one idea to another.
3. Outlining is an effective way of ensuring
the ______________ flow of ideas.
4. The ______________ for academic essay
provides a background of your topic.
BONUS: True or False
5. The introduction is where the writer’s
thesis statement is revealed.
6. After the one- or two-paragraph
introduction to your essay, develop the
______________ of your essay, where the bulk of
essay is found.
6. BONUS: True or False
7. The body of the essay is where you develop
an answer or propose a solution to the thesis
statement in the introduction.
Identification
8. In the body, you have to support your
______________ and include the other details that
would support your thesis statement.
9. The ______________ should bring together the
points made in your paper and emphasize
your final point.
Bonus: True or False
10. Your conclusion should not just offer a
summary; you must synthesize your main
points and emphasize your final point.
