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12 Cards in this Set
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Abtract nouns often end with ____ or ____ and are often followed by the preposition ___.
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"-tion" or "-ment" and are often followed by the prepostion "of."
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________-voice sentences emphasize the person (or thing) performing the action --- that is, somebody (or something) does something.
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Active
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The way you choose to express an idea, as opposed to the content of the idea itself.
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Style
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Writers adopt particular _______ for different contexts.
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Styles
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The way you choose to express an idea, as opposed to the content of the idea itself.
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Style
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What are the five main stylistic goals?
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1. Writing clear sentences.
2. Being concise. 3. Being accurate in wording. 4. Using the active voice. 5. Using nonsexist language. |
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What is one particulary important aspect of style?
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Tone.
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Through ______ you express an attitude in your writing.
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tone
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What is one particulary important aspect of style?
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Tone.
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A _____ lacks a subject or verb or both and it thus must always relate to or modify another part of the sentence.
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phrase
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Concise writing depends more on verbs than it does on _______.
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nouns
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_______-voice sentences emphasize the recipient of the action itself --- that is, something is being done to something by somebody.
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Passive
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