Glossary

audience	the group of readers for whom the writer writes; purpose and audience must always be kept in mind when writing (to write effectively), and when analyzing pieces of writing (to understand correctly)



editing	a stage of the writing process: carefully re-reading a near-finished draft, checking for errors of grammar, style, spelling, punctuation, and format



freewriting	a prewriting technique: jotting down in rough sentences, words, or phrases everything that comes to mind about a possible topic



mapping	a (visual) prewriting technique: using lines, boxes, arrows, and circles to show relationships among ideas and details that occur to you; also called clustering or diagramming



proofreading	a stage of the writing process: carefully re-reading the final draft, checking each word and punctuation mark for errors



purpose	a writer's reason for writing; the three most common purposes in writing are to inform, to persuade, and to entertain



question asking	a prewriting technique: coming up with ideas and details by asking questions about your subject



revising	a stage of the writing process: re-thinking and re-writing draft versions of a piece of writing in order to make it stronger

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