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quick-write (plural quick-writes)

  1. (education) A short piece of writing, typically a few sentences long, assigned to students to help them to summarize a concept.
    • 2001, Lola M. Schaefer, Teaching Narrative Writing, page 43:
      My students enjoyed doing a quick-write using this excerpt from Eve Bunting's novel SOS Titanic.