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RUAE Flashcards

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Repetition

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Emphasises

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List

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Emphasises the number/range/variety

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Parenthesis

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Extra information, for humour, an aside comment.

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Short Sentence

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Mirrors content - blunt, direct, unequivocal, shocking etc.

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Long Sentence

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Mirror the content - slow, comlex, complicated, detailed.

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Climactic Sentence

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Builds to exciting point.

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Rhetorical Question

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Hooks the reader

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Inverted Syntax

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Emphasises words placed at the beginning of the sentence.

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Starting with conjunction

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Informal, draws attention to a point that is separate from previous point/sentence.

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Colon

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Introduces quote, list or explanation

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Semi-colon

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Connects/joins longer items in a list, join closely linked sentences, create balance by joining two linked sentences.

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Single dash

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Introduces an explanation and will create a pause.

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