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48 Cards in this Set
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What are the six elements or traits of strong writing?
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1. Ideas and Content
2. Organazation 3. Convections 4. Word Choice 5. Voice 6. Sentence Fluency |
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The ____ ____ is the central point of any piece of writing.
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main idea
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In narrative text the main idea is usually expressed through _____.
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theme
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Name the four reasons we write.
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1. to inform
2. to persuade 3. to entertain 4. to emotionally move |
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_____________ is the way you choose to put your writing together.
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Organazation
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What type of organazation relates details to one another and is used in descriptive writing?
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Spacial organazation
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What organazational method is most often used to compare and contrast by dividing a topic into parts?
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Logical organazation.
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What do we call the order in which things actually happened?
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Chronological order
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When we put the strongest point first, we are using the order of _________.
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inportance.
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_____ is the unique style and sound of a writer's language.
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Voice
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What 3 things help determine your writing voice?
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1. life
2. background 3. point of view |
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____ shows your attitude toward your subject.
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Tone
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____ ______ allows you to define your point of view.
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Word choice.
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_____ is a formal or informal language, distinct speech, and different points of view.
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Style
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Varying ________ ______ makes writing interesting.
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sentence length
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_________ _________ allows you to define your point of view
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Paragraph structure
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__________ is a word's dictionary definition.
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Denotation
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A ___________ is defined by emotions or associations that a word suggests.
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connotation
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______ means specialized vocabulary.
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Jargon
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A ______ is a tired overused expression.
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cliche`
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An _____ is a figurative expresion that can't be taken literally.
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idiom
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_______ ________ uses words or phrases that appeal to emotions.
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Loaded language
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A _______ ________ is a partial sentence missing a subject or a verb
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sentence fragment
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A ___-________ is made up of multiple sentences put together incorrectly.
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run-on sentence
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Wordy sentences are too ____.
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long
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_____ _________ are too long.
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Wordy sentences
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Choppy sentences are too _____.
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short
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______ _________ are too short.
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Choppy sentences
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A few examples for comare/contrast are:
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however, on the other hand
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A few examples for chronological are:
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before, after, since, when
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A few examples for cause and effect are:
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because, therefore, so, since
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A few examples for order of importance are:
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mainly, most importantly
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___________ are the agreed upon rules that govern grammar, punctuation, capitalazation, and spelling.
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Convention
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Name the four syntaxes found in the Nominative Case.
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1. Subject
2. Subject & Adjective Complement 3. Direct Address 4. Appositive in the Nominative Case |
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______________ ___________
can be taken out of the sentence, they are simply added information. |
Nonrestrictive appositives
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____________ ____________ can't be taken out of the sentence if the sentence is to make sense.
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Restrictive appositives
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A ______ ____ is a noun that names any one class of persons, places, or things.
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commom noun
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A ______ ____ is a noun that names a particular person, place or thing.(always capitalized)
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proper noun
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A __________ ____ is a noun that denotes a group of persons, animals, or things considered as one.
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collective noun
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A ________ ____ is a that names a person, place, or thing that can be seen or touched.
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concrete noun
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A _______ ____ is a noun that expresses a quality a condition, or action apart from any object or thing.(It cannot be seen or touched)
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abstract noun
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_____ ______ is the quality of a noun which denotes the speaker.
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First person
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______ ______ is the quality of a noun which denotes the one spoken to.
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Second person
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_____ ______ is the quality of a noun which denotes the one spoken about.
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Third person
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______ is the quality of a noun by which sex is distinguished.
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Gender
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______ is the quality of noun that denotes whether it refers to one person or thing(singular) or more than one(plural).
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Number
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renames the direct object
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Object Complement (OC)
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A noun that repeats the meaning of the verb of which they are direct objects
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Cognate Object (CO)
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