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12 Cards in this Set
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4 things about an essay
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presents an argument, contains opinions, designed to be carefully read, uses bullets, tables, etc.
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4 things about a report
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presents info, data, and facts, contains no opinions, designed to be quickly read, does not normally contain tables or bullets.
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a compound sentence in which the clauses parallel one another in meaning and grammatical structure
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balanced sentence
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everyday, informal, conversational english
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colloquial english
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derived by reasoning
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inferred
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a style of writing that presents the most important info first
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inverted pyramid
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off the subject, not to the point
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irrelevant
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in the style of newspaper writing
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journalistic
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the first sentence of a news article containing the who, what, where, when, why, and how information
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lead sentence
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a sentence that is grammatically complete
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loose sentence
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a sentence that does not make sense before it ends
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periodic sentence
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a sentence or paragraph leading from one topic or aspect of a topic to another
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transition
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