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Reading and Writing Flashcards

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to weave

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texere

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Considered as written material, especially longer pieces of writing in a book, a letter, or newspaper

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Text

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conversation speech

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discursus

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Continuous stretch of especially spoken language larger than a sentence

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Discourse

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is the physical manifestation of discourse, which is a process of interaction and interpretation of language in context

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Text

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Ties and connections which exist within texts that link different parts of sentences or larger units of discourse
Again, equally, in fact, also, furthermore, moreover, and, in addition

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Cohesion

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Refers to the linking of ideas in a logical sequence or order

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Coherence

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Ideas of the same nature must be expressed in the same grammatical structures

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Parallelism

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process in which the writer collaborates with other to explore topics, develops ideas, and/or proposes solutions to a problem

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Brainstorming

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write any ideas, suggestions, and thoughts related to the given topic

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Brainstorming list

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participants provide their ideas anonymously

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Nominal group technique

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participants write down an idea and pass it to the other member of the group

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Group passing technique

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brainstorming through the use of an electronic medium

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Electronic brainstorming

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14
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produce questions rather than just ideas

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Question brainstorming

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diagram for representing tasks, words, concepts, or items

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Mind mapping

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use of visual representations, icons, and symbols

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Graphic organizers

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17
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hierarchical set of information

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Network tree

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18
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identify a problem, cause and effect, and its solution

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Problem and solution map

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19
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comparing and contrasting two different concepts

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Venn diagram

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organizing information according to various steps or stages

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Series of events chain

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repeating cycle; no beginning and no end

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Cycle map

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22
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identify the causes or composition of complex system or event

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Fishbone map

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23
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map of your essay

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Outline

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lists words or phrases; provides a quick overview of topics to be included in an essay

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Topic outline

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fully written out; specific and complete idea

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Sentence outline

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Refers to the particular strategy writers use to develop ideas

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Patterns of Development

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Used to tell a story and focuses on a set of related events
First, second, third, next, the, finally

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Narration

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tangible

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Concrete terms

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intangible

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Abstract terms

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used to denote groups

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General terms

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individual component of the group

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Specific terms

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Gives us details or an explanation of an account of a person, time, event, and the like

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Description

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appeal to or can relate to the senses

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Sensory words

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factual and scientific characteristics

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Objective

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how the author sees a character

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Subjective

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Unfamiliar terms
Explain a new idea, thought, or concept

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Definition

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most factual way

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Scientific

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personal way; author’s own experiences and opinions

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Subjective

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Methods of definition

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Characteristics or features
Function
What it is not
What it is similar to
Example
Origin
Its effect

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presents the generate statement and provides specific and concrete examples

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Exemplification

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is said when the writer needs to sort our or arrange subjects into groups or categories based on their common and shared characteristics

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Classification

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is a reason for

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Cause

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is the result

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Effect

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because, since is due to; effect- consequently, therefore, then

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Cause

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Used to show similarities and differences

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Comparison and contrast

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writing back and forth

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Point-by-point

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discusses one topic and then finishes the paragraph with the other subject

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Block paragraph

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Presents a problem
Concludes by discussion solution

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Problem and solution

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To convince our readers that what we are saying is true

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Persuasion

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Method of persuasion

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Facts
Referring to authority
Examples
Predicting the consequences
Answering the opposition

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flow of the ideas must be logically and accurately arranged

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Organization

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general to specific

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Deductive

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specific to broad ideas

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Inductive

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occurs when ideas are connect at the conceptual level

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coherence

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is the connection of ideas at sentence level

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cohesion

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Ways of ordering ideas to achieve coherence

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Spatial order
Time order
Numerical order
Cause/effect order
General/specific order

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proper language is one of the clearest indicators and sign of a well-written text

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Language use

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proper language characteristics

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Concrete and specific
Concise, not verbose
Familiar, not obscure
Able to match with the situations presented in the text

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deals with the technical aspect of writing; correct spelling, abbreviations, punctuations, capitalizations

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Mechanics

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Also known as active reading
Interpreting facts along with the author’s attitude using implied meaning to make accurate assumptions and drawing accurate conclusions

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Critical Reading

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